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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...
What role for the European Commission on organ donation and transplantation?
15 May 2018With health being a competence of the Member States (MS), the European Commission mandate on the issue is limited to improving cooperation between Member States,...
CKD and transplantation in the UK : a patient’s viewpoint
10 May 2018For Kidney Care UK representative Fiona Loud – transplantation is “the gold standard treatment” – as she put it at the European Kidney Forum 2018...
EKHA launches Gift of Life campaign and Call to Action
3 May 2018EKHA has launched the Gift Of Life campaign to boost organ donation and foster increased access to transplantation across EU Member States. An advocacy initiative,...
2018 European Kidney Forum: Donation & Transplantation – The gift of life
29 April 2018EKHA held its 2018 European Kidney Forum on 26 April in Brussels. Organized under the auspices of the MEP Group for Kidney Health, the event...
EKHA European Kidney Forum : Plan to attend!
13 April 2018There is still time to register your participation at this year’s European Kidney Forum which will take place on 26 April 2018 at 4.30 in...
Focus on the EDITH Project
10 April 2018Started on 1st January 2017 with funding from the European Commission under the 3rd Health Programme, the EDITH project is based on the realization that...
World Kidney Day 2018: A Call to Action
4 April 2018In line with this year’s theme “Kidneys & Women’s Health: Include, Value, Empower”, a Call to Action was published by World Kidney Day and the...