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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...
CKD care: a changing landscape
7 July 2018Given 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...
Boosting transplantation: a priority to lower the economic burden of renal care
21 June 2018EKHA 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...
EuDonOrgan: Six European Countries will Organize Awareness Raising events on Organ Donation
20 June 2018As part of the EuDonOrgan project 6 EU countries were selected to host awareness raising events to foster an organ donation culture nationally and in...
Raising Awareness on the need for increased organ donation and transplantation: EKHA’s Gift of Life campaign
10 June 2018With 1 in 10 adults with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Europe and 1 in 3 adults at increased risk of developing CKD, high costs...
European Commission Publishes Horizon Europe
8 June 2018On 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...
The EU’s next Research Framework : Horizon Europe
18 May 2018The European Commission is working on the successor of Horizon 2020, the next EU Research Framework Programme which will outline research priorities beyond 2020. A...
