The third pillar of the 50K goal is to maximize organ utilization by transplant programs.
More and more lives are saved each year through the gift of life. However, more than 100,000 patients are still desperately waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. The donation and transplantation community has more work to do to improve the utilization of available organs for transplantation.
kidneys recovered and NOT transplanted in 2024
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increase in kidney nonuse over the last five years
“How We Can Transplant More Donated Organs and Save More Lives”
AOPO joined Mediaplanet’s national Donation & Transplant Campaign, featured in USA Today. AOPO President Dorrie Dils contributed an editorial discussing the rise in organ nonuse, particularly with kidney donations, and highlighting solutions underway.