Efforts are needed to understand disparities in access to transplantation among HIV+ waitlist candidates

From 2001 to 2012, HIV+ kidney failure patients on the transplant waiting list were 28% less likely to receive a transplant compared with their HIV- counterparts.

They were half as likely to receive a kidney from a living donor.
More than 30% of HIV+ individuals in the United States have kidney disease, which can progress to kidney failure.