Emergence of an Israel faith-based community organization facilitating live donor kidney transplantation

BMC Nephrology

Table 1 Number of individuals with late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Israel on the waiting list for kidney transplantation

Year	Number of patients on the waiting list for kidney transplantation
2004	453
2005	487
2006	490
2007	518
2008	540
2009	598
2010	690
2011	733
2012	729
2013	755
2014	762
2015	849
2016	843
2017	847

Source: The Ministry of Health, Israel (http://www.health.gov.il/Subjects/Organ_transplant/transplant/Pages/waiting_for_transplants.aspx)
The number of individuals with late-stage CKD in Israel on the waiting list for kidney transplantation has doubled in 13 years, but stabilized over the past three years. This could be largely due to the result of the efforts of the Matnat Chaim organization, established in 2009, which has facilitated an increasing number of Israeli kidney donors, especially over the past three years

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