EKHA engages in a constructive dialogue with EU decision makers, providing the necessary data for informed policy making. Its unique configuration bringing together patients, doctors, nurses and foundations assures that all the relevant angles for kidney health are covered.

Read our position papers by clicking on the links below. See also the section dedicated to EKHA Recommendations for Sustainable Kidney Care

2024

Kidney Manifesto

2023

A policy call to address rare kidney disease in healthcare plans

Open letter : Call for a renewed EU action plan on organ donation and transplantation in the 2024-2029 mandate

Improving care and awareness of CKD – Raymond Vanholder, Eveline Scheres

“ A Stitch in Time: Early Intervention to Tackle Europe’s NCD Crisis” PHSSR EU Expert Advisory Group including Raymond Vanholder

2022

EKHA intern thesis: Self-management in chronic kidney patients – Research to the added value of a Disease Management Toolbox

2021

EKHA call to action to improve CKD prevention, treatment and care in the aftermath of COVID-19

EKHA open letter to EU policy makers: Life after COVID-19: time to realise a second EU Action Plan on Organ Donation and Transplantation

2020

EKHA position paper on the new EU pharmaceutical strategy 

EKHA open letter to EU policy makers: 5 key recommendations to improve prevention, treatment and care of Chronic Kidney Disease in the aftermath of COVID-19

EKHA position paper ahead of the hearing of the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health

EKHA Infographic

2015

EKHA recommendations for sustainable kidney care.

2014

EKHA Calls on EU Policy Makers to step up to the challenge of improving access to kidney care in Europe

The Alarming Rise in Chronic Kidney Disease in Europe: How to deal with this costly problem

Is kidney disease really such an important issue for Europe?

EKHA Question to Commissioner-designate for Health

2012

EKHA Kidney Health and Disease Key FactsEKHA 2012 Letter to Commissioner Dalli