
NKF’s new END THE WAIT! campaign, launched in January, is a comprehensive action plan designed to end the wait for a kidney transplant in the U.S. The core of the campaign is a series of 26 specific, far-reaching recommendations that will improve transplant outcomes, increase living and deceased donation, provide protections and state-of-the-art care to donors, and improve the transplant system. Since its’ launch, there has been a great deal of legislative progress and media coverage. Read more on the END THE WAIT website here
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KEEP is a free kidney health screening program designed to raise awareness about kidney disease among high risk individuals and provide free testing and educational information, so that kidney disease and its complications can be prevented or delayed. ![]()

To empower and educate individuals affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), transplantation and donation, the National Kidney Foundation’s People Like Us hosts monthly Coffee House Conversations™ telephone calls. On these free, interactive telephone calls, you will hear from experts, and be given an opportunity to ask them questions. Click here for more information and for the link to sign up to join the call.