The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is pleased to announce the successful launch of a series of animated videos designed to educate and engage younger audiences about the importance of kidney donation. These videos, which focus on the Voucher Program and Donor Shield, are already making an impact by raising awareness about living kidney donation and …
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New Survey Points to Factors That Encourage People to Become Living Kidney Donors
According to a new study on attitudes toward living kidney donation in the United States, two important factors that would motivate more people to become living kidney donors are knowing that their family members could receive a kidney if they ever needed one, and knowing that they would not have to pay medical expenses incurred …
The National Kidney Registry Congratulates “Amazing Amazonian” Erinn Brown on Her Kidney Donation
Two women who work at an Amazon warehouse in Beloit, Wisconsin, are now connected through kidney donation. In a video shared on the Amazon Vest Life YouTube channel, Erinn’s coworker Deb explained that her daughter-in-law, Brittany, was very close to having to go on dialysis and needed a kidney. Erinn’s grandmother had died of kidney …
National Kidney Registry to Sponsor Kidney Donor Steve Wilson in Ironman World Championship
The National Kidney Registry is thrilled to announce its latest kidney donor athlete sponsorship: Steve Wilson, a living kidney donor who will be competing in the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, October 6-8, 2022. Steve donated a kidney through the National Kidney Registry’s Family Voucher Program in February 2020 after seeing a Facebook post …
The National Kidney Registry Facilitates 5,000th Kidney Transplant
The National Kidney Registry announced the completion of its 5,000th paired exchange transplant, which took place yesterday at UCLA Medical Center. The UCLA recipient was a standard voucher holder whose donor facilitated an earlier chain of three transplants. The kidney came from a family voucher donor at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Dr. Jeff Veale, Professor and …
National Kidney Registry Launches Family Voucher Program, Providing Security for Donor Families
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) has successfully launched the Family Voucher Program, which allows donors to donate a kidney now and receive vouchers for immediate family members in case a family member ever needs a kidney transplant in the future. Since this program launched in February, 52 donors have donated their kidneys as family voucher …