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EU-funded EDITH Pilot Project on chronic kidney diseases kicks off
20 February 2017The Pilot Project “the Effect of Differing Kidney Disease Treatment Modalities and Organ Donation and Transplantation Practices on Health Expenditure and Patient Outcomes" (EDITH) kicked...
Join the 2017 European Kidney Forum on 11th April in Brussels!
17 February 20172017 European Kidney Forum: Patients choice of treatment Hosted by the MEP Group for Kidney Health Tuesday, 11 April 2017 from 17:00-21:00 Forum and Networking...
Estonia develops tax on sugar sweetened beverages to fight obesity
7 February 2017Building on the report "Reducing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their negative impact in Estonia" produced by the World Health Organisation’s Evidence-informed Policy Network...
European Commission adopts health work plan for 2017
1 February 2017As part of the pluri-annual framework of the European Commission in health (Third Health programme), the European Commission issued its annual work plan for 2017...
MEP Group for Kidney Health welcomes new member
1 February 2017Member of the European Parliament Mr Brando Benifei (Italy, S&D group) recently joined the MEP Group for Kidney Health. Mr Benifei is a member of...
EKHA takes over the Presidency of the European Chronic Diseases Alliance for a two-year mandate
20 January 2017In its capacity as member of the ECDA and having been elected by the Board of the Alliance, EKHA takes over as of January 2017...
Telemedicine further developed in France to support patients with chronic kidney failure
9 January 2017The French 2017 budget law foresees the expansion of the national telemedicine pilot project, launched two years ago to develop telemedicine as a means to...
Maltese EU Council Presidency starts, to run for the next six months
9 January 2017On the 1st of January 2017, Malta’s term at the helm of the Council of the EU started for a six month period until the...
