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European Nephrologists, Nurses, Patients and Foundations have joined forces for the improvement of Kidney Health in Europe. EKHA is the means to achieve this.

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Ireland about to put in place an opt-out system for organ donation

29 September 2017

The Republic of Ireland is following the example of France whose new opt-out system for organ donation came into effect earlier this year. There are today only a few countries left in the EU which have an opt-in system: Germany, United Kingdom (with the exception of Wales) and the Netherlands. Irish Minister for Health Simon […]

Spain continues to be the world leader in number of organ transplants

29 September 2017

After breaking its record in 2014 and 2015, Spain again improved its annual number of organs transplanted, reaching the impressive amount of 4,818 transplants in 2016. 2,994 of them were kidney transplants, as reported by the Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT). In terms of organ donation, there were 43.4 organ donors per million inhabitants in […]

Priorities of Estonian EU Council Presidency in Health: harmful use of alcohol at the forefront

29 September 2017

After taking over from Malta at the beginning of July, it is now Estonia’s turn to lead the Council of the European Union until the end of 2017. Estonia included tackling the harmful use of alcohol to reduce alcohol-related harm in the EU as one of the top health priorities of its EU Council Presidency. […]