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Celebrating the Greatest Gift this holiday season
Join UNOS, Donate Life America, donor families and transplant recipients from around the world to honor those who have given life.
UNOS commissions independent assessment of IT systems
UNOS recently received the results of a comprehensive assessment it commissioned as a part of its ongoing efforts to drive improvement and emphasize transparency.
UNOS plan reimagines governance of U.S. transplant system to best serve patients
Roadmap outlines how to create an independent OPTN Board in a move endorsed by Congress
Over 30 kidney donors and advocates to celebrate World Kidney Day from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
Living organ donors and donation advocates will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the need for organ donation and to show what is possible for those who choose to become living donors.
U.S. set lifesaving organ donation and transplant records in 2022
Selfless deceased donors make 12-year record-setting trend possible.
UNOS advances plan to restructure transplant network governance to best serve patients
To increase autonomy and transparency to better serve the nation’s transplant patients, UNOS recommends a restructure of respective boards of directors and to establish the OPTN as an independent non-profit entity.
Change addressing disparity for black kidney patients takes effect
New policy allows for waiting time adjustments for those disadvantaged by the use of race-based measures of kidney health.
Organ transplants are increasing
- 2023: More than 46,000 organ transplants performed and total kidney transplants exceeded 27,000
- 2022: U.S. surpassed historic milestone of 1 million transplants
- Liver transplants increased by 4.3 percent since policy implementation
- 29% increase in kidney transplants with policy change
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- Who does what: The national organ transplant system
- Organ Procurement Organizations: Increasing organ donation
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Strengthening organ donation and transplant
- Collaborating to support donation and transplant internationally.
- The waitlist is better described as a giant pool of patients. Watch a video
- The transplant journey and the technology that drives it
Working together: Our nation’s organ donation and transplant system
- The OPTN, HRSA and CMS have different roles. Learn about the roles
UNOS is a nonprofit on a mission to save and transform lives through research, innovation and collaboration. UNOS builds on its experience and expertise to strengthen organ donation and transplantation systems and enhance public health. The nonprofit helps people live life without limits by developing products and services, conducting data-driven research and analysis, providing expert consulting services, advocating for reforms to help patients, and partnering to drive a greater impact.
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Serving as the OPTN, UNOS has collected data on every organ donation and transplant event occurring in the U.S. since October 1, 1987.
Equity in access
Monitors trends related to access to deceased donor transplants among active transplant candidates.
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