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Spinning Marathon to support patients waiting for a transplant
20 October 2018On the occasion of the European Organ Donation Day, the city of Luxembourg organized a “spinning Marathon” to express support to patients waiting for a...
European Organ Donation Day: EU Commission Welcomes Rising Transplants Numbers in the EU
12 October 2018Ahead of the European Day of Organ Donation and Transplantation marked on 13 October, Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, said: ''I am...
Greener Nephrology
8 October 2018The Healthcare sector is more and more looking into reducing its negative impact on the environment. The need to produce a cultural shift to include...
Eurotransplant to Award a young researcher with the ‘Eurotrans-plant Jon van Rood Award
20 September 2018For the first time, Eurotransplant, the international collaborative platform gathering all transplant hospitals, tissue-typing laboratories and hospitals where organ donations take place in Europe, will...
Celebrating the European Organ Donation Day (EODD)
18 September 2018Scheduled on 13 October, the event will take place in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, the hosting country for the EODD this year. In view of...
German Health Minister Calls for Opt-out Organ Donation
6 September 2018The 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...
Italy and Spain Achieve First International Cross-Kidney Transplantation
5 September 2018Italy 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),...
Gift Of Life Campaign Advocacy Guidance for National Members
20 July 2018EKHA has developed tailored advocacy campaign guidance here to help our network get involved with and disseminate the key messages of the Gift of Life...
Prevention is better than cure
17 July 2018Just 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....
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs): Has progress been made on the SDGs?
12 July 2018Heads 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...
