EKHA as a model for multi-stakeholder collaboration2015 Summit of US Kidney Organizations San Diego, November 4, 2015 EKHA was invited by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to attend the 2015 Summit of US Kidney Organizations, which took place during the annual ASN Kidney Week, to present EKHA’s work at European level,...
EKHA has recently developed European Recommendations for sustainable Kidney Care. Specific aspects of these recommendations were at the centre of the discussion between the Dialysis, Nephrology and Transplantation Union of Georgia and Deputy Health Minister Kvaratskhelia at the Ministry of Health in Georgia. Georgia currently faces important healthcare problems related to...
The Chairs of the MEP Group for Kidney Health; the EP Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma; the MEP Heart Group; MEPs Against Cancer and Friends of the Liver Group have called their fellow MEPs to consider the importance of clean air for health ahead of the crucial vote on...
Improving Prevention & Health Literacy The Quest to reduce economic burden of chronic disease in the EU An event of the MEP Group for Kidney Health 19th October On 19th October, EKHA, together with the MEP Group for Kidney Health held a meeting in the European Parliament to discuss how prevention and health literacy...
The Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2016-2017 has been published and the first calls will open on Tuesday 20 October 2015. Under the broad heading Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing, the work funded under the next two years will fall under the sub heading of...
On the occasion of European Organ Donation Day, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) supports the Call to Action to improve Organ Donation and Transplantation across the EU. Endorsed by a wide variety of other concerned patient groups, health advocacy organisations and academics, EU Member States...
On 30 September 2015 a new Resolution was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on establishing harmonised national living organ donor registries in Europe with the view to facilitating international data sharing. The Resolution sets out the general guidelines for the...
The draft Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017 in the area of Health, demographic change and well-being has just been released. This is expected to be ratified in mid-October, with calls for proposals coming out in early 2016.The overall strategic orientation for the 'Health, Demographic Change and Well-being'...
The European Commission and the World Health Organisation's Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe) are renewing their joint commitment to work together towards their shared objective of better health in Europe. At the beginning of the month, Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, and WHO Europe Director, Zsuzsanna Jakab, outlined...
On 10 July 2015, the European Commission published two financing decisions: On the pilot project "The Effect of Differing Kidney Disease Treatment Modalities and Organ Donation and Transplantation Practices on Health Expenditure and Patient Outcomes". The Commission adopted the annual work programme for the implementation of the pilot project and the maximum contribution from...
