As MDFF drives toward Waiting List Zero, the obvious place to start is the kidney.

Kidneys are the most in-demand organ in the world. In 2024, more than half a million people were reported as needing a kidney transplant, according to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation.

Solving kidney scarcity is both an urgent need and a transformational opportunity to bring everyone into the same room together.

Imagine reaching the point where no one waits for a kidney:

• + Everyone who needs a kidney can get one when they need it.
• + Dependence on chronic dialysis dramatically declines.
• + Kidney care shifts from managing scarcity to delivering timely, restorative care.

But the impact won’t stop with kidneys.

What we learn solving kidney scarcity can be adapted to hearts, lungs, livers and other organs — moving us closer to a future where no patient, and no family, has to live with the anguish of waiting for an organ that may never come.

The kidney is where we begin. Waiting List Zero is where we’re going.