Mission Statement:
WAKFI is working to improve the quality of life of millions of dialysis patients in the United States and around the world by raising public awareness and raising funds to support the development of the Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK). In so doing, we will help patients in poor and rural areas to access life-saving treatment, reduce the misery associated with End Stage Kidney Disease and minimize the mortality rate that it causes.
There is not much media hype about Kidney Disease which, according to the National Kidney Foundation, affects more than 26 million Americans. This includes more than 750,000 people who rely on dialysis to stay alive and the 100,000 people awaiting a kidney transplant.
The mortality rate in the US for dialysis patients is approximately 20%, which means that 1 in 5 of all US Dialysis patients do not SURVIVE each year. The global numbers are many times higher. We cannot accurately know how many die of kidney disease around the world because patients in developing countries who do not have access to treatment may not be counted in the statistics. Funds are urgently needed now to make the WAK a reality.
How can you help?
Send your contribution to:
Wearable Artificial Kidney Foundation, Inc.
50 N. La Cienega Blvd. Suite 310
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Wearable Artificial Kidney Foundation, Inc.
50 N. La Cienega Blvd. Suite 310
Beverly Hills, CA 90211