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EKHA Celebrates World Kidney Day 2024

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) impacts some 850 million people around the globe, and kidney disease currently stands as the 8th leading cause of death worldwide....

PREVENTCKD: work in progress!

Working hard with EKPF, EUTOX, IMEC, ISN, RENALOO and ISS Fundacion UAM on the PREVENTCKD project to better prevent CKD from happing in the future....

KitNewCare: Pioneering Transformation in Kidney Healthcare Sustainability Across Europe

A new EU-funded project – KitNewCare – aims to help health and care systems better embrace environmental sustainability and climate-neutrality, with a focus on kidney...

EKHA Workshop Highlights Need for EU Action on Organ Donation and Transplantation

On 25 January 2024, EKHA organised a workshop on organ donation and transplantation in the European Union (EU). This workshop was convened with the support...

Read now: Transplantation in Germany in a European context

EKHA’s President Raymond Vanholder recently published an editorial in Diatra. The article addresses transplantation in Germany in a European context, highlighting the reasons behind Germany's...

EACH new factsheet on CKD

The European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health (EACH), of which EKHA is a member, recently published several factsheets highlighting the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and...

“Show your kidneys love” Campaign

On 16 January 2024, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) published its new infographic, “Show your Kidneys Love”.  The infographic outlines our kidneys’ role, the...

Kidney Manifesto

On 16 January 2024, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) published its Kidney Manifesto, “An EU Strategy to Improve Kidney Care”, in anticipation of the...

EKHA Contributes to Dynamo Programme European PREM Survey of Anaemia Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease

EKHA contributed to the Dynamo programme’s European PREM survey of anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease. This survey sought to find out how patients with...

A Policy Call to Address Rare Kidney Disease in Healthcare Plans

EKHA published a new infographic calling on policymakers to address rare kidney diseases in health care plans. A panel of experts from the nephrology community...