On the 1st of March, the European Commission published the 2016 Annual Work Plan under EU Health Programme 2014-2020, in which Chronic Diseases are amongst the key priorities. EKHA welcomes the European Commission's approach and action to address the diseases. The Work Plan includes two dedicated major actions, to which...
Reformulating foods to reduce salt and sugar, therefore making the healthy food choice, the easy choice, in order to reduce the burden of chronic diseases in Europe, is the main challenge being discussed by EU member states, food industry and NGOs at a conference on improving food products hosted by...
EKHA has recently joined the social media Twitter to advocate for kidney health and participate to the overall discussions on health issues at EU level online. EKHA's handle on Twitter is @EKHA_EU, you can visit EKHA's account using it.
The Dutch Kidney Foundation and the Dutch Kidney Patient Association have launched a joint initiative to inform and support potential living kidney donors and kidney patients, with the overall aim to increase living kidney donation in the Netherlands. A new website “Nierdonatie bij leven” (“living kidney donation”) has...
Multi-morbidity – the co-occurrence of at least two chronic conditions in one person - is affecting an increasing number of European citizens. As it is becoming a major public health threat, the European Union enhanced a reflexion aimed at developing a framework to address the related challenges and improve patient’s...
3D printing has been used for the first time in the world to support kidney transplant surgery between an adult donor and a child recipient, Lucy, a three-year-old girl from Northern Ireland. Lucy suffered heart failure and developed supraventricular tachycardia – a condition that makes the heart beating irregularly faster than...
The Austrian Society of Nephrology (ÖGN) has just launched the 60/20 program, with the aim of increasing awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and improving the management of CKD-diagnosed patients in Austria. The name of the initiative refers to the eGFR levels (glomerular filtration rate, measuring a...
From 1st to 5th of February, the Brussels cancer community - Cancer Research UK, the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL), the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) and ECCO (The European CanCer Organisation) - joined efforts to raise awareness on the needs of cancer patients during the plenary session...
With the aim of addressing the shortage of donors in Europe, a national law establishing the principle of “presumed consent” for organ donation came into effect in Wales today. People who have attained majority and have been living for at least a year in the country will now automatically be...
Why do so many diabetes patients develop kidney disease, and how can we improve prevention? EU-funded research has examined insulin-related processes at play in impaired renal function — and it may have found a way to protect key cells that help to filter our blood. The DiaDrug project...
