The European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) supports the statement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn, who Monday said he thinks Germany should adopt an opt-out scheme to increase the number of organs available for transplantation. "I am in favor of a double opt-out solution," Spahn told Bild newspaper. "That's the...
Italy and Spain recently successfully transplanted two patients, the first in Pisa and the second in Barcelona by undertaking an international cross-kidney transplantation chain (the so-called "cross over" program), involving two non-compatible donor-recipient pairs from Barcelona and Pisa. This success was made possible thanks to the South Alliance for Transplant (SAT), an international agreement involving Spain, France,...
EKHA has developed tailored advocacy campaign guidance here to help our network get involved with and disseminate the key messages of the Gift of Life campaign to improve access to transplantation in Europe. Given that hospital-based dialysis can cost as much as 80K€ per patient per year, that 1 in...
Just a couple of months after it launched its new Best Practices Portal, the European Commission announces the creation of a Steering Group on Promotion and Prevention. Composed of representatives of EU Member States and chaired by the EC, the Steering Committee aims to help EU Member States reach the UN...
Heads of State and Government from around the world will take stock and make recommendations on this issue as part of the third UN High-level Meeting on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) which will undertake a comprehensive review of the global and national progress achieved in putting measures...
Given that 2% to 3% of health expenditure in most European countries is absorbed by patients on dialysis who represent just a small fraction (0.1%–0.2%) of the general population…it is admitted that a shift is needed to ensure appropriate treatment for CKD patients in the long run through cost-effective renal replacement therapies such as transplantation...
EKHA welcomes the recent announcement of the health priorities of the upcoming Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU (starting January 2019) in so far as they reflect an intention from the future Presidency to boost organ donation in Europe: a document* freshly released from the Presidency outlines under the overall aim of “guaranteeing access to...
As part of the EuDonOrgan project 6 EU countries were selected to host awareness raising events to foster an organ donation culture nationally and in neighboring countries. EuDonORgan is a 36-month multi-country EU funded project to boost organ donation. Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Sweden are selected to organise activities between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019. The countries were selected on...
With 1 in 10 adults with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Europe and 1 in 3 adults at increased risk of developing CKD, high costs for hospital based haemodialysis (up to 80,000€ per patient per year) and the negative impact of dialysis on patients’ quality of life, it becomes urgent...
On June 7th, the European Commission officially released Horizon Europe, the next EU Research Framework Programme outlining research funding and structure between 2021 and 2027. Calling it the most ambitious and innovation programme yet, the European Commission presented a €100 billion budget for research, up from €77 billion for the current program, with the actual proposal for...
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