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REGISTER NOW! EKHA Webinar: “Towards a resilient and patient centered approach to kidney care in Europe – Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and harnessing future preparedness”.

REGISTER HERE EKHA is pleased to announce its upcoming webinar: “Towards a resilient and patient centered approach to kidney care in Europe - “Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and harnessing future preparedness” taking place on Tuesday 27 October from 10:00 to 11:45. As Europe’s healthcare systems face unprecedented challenges against the...

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EKHA input on the new EU pharmaceutical strategy

Over the summer, EKHA has sent its contribution to the public consultation on the EU pharmaceutical strategy. The European Commission is expected to launch its new strategy to improve and accelerate patients’ access to safe and affordable medicines and to support innovation in the EU pharmaceutical...

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

On 22 September, EKHA has issued an open letter to ensure that kidney patients’ needs are not overlooked in current negotiations on the various instruments of the EU recovery plan and the overall budget. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the incredibly high vulnerability of CKD patients. Data show that CKD...

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EKHA contributes to publication on dialysis care in Canada and the United States with references to Europe

EKHA has contributed to an article recently published in the Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The article compares and contrasts transnational dialysis-related health policies, with focus on key levers including payment, finance, regulation, and organization. It further describes how policy levers can incentivise favorable practice patterns...

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EKHA publishes new article on dialysis reimbursement and distribution of kidney replacement therapies

You can now access EKHA's latest article published in the Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) Journal, entitled "A call for harmonization of European kidney care: dialysis reimbursement and distribution of kidney replacement therapies". Based on the findings of a cross-sectional survey among nephrologists conducted online July-December 2016, the article compares reimbursement...

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