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First-ever national kidney patient experience survey launched in UK
8 June 2016NHS England, UK Renal Registry and the British Kidney Patient Association launched on the 6th of June a national survey on patient experience, with the...
Childhood obesity to be amongst the main health priorities of the upcoming Maltese EU Council presidency
8 June 2016During the last meeting of the European Commission’s High level group on nutrition and physical activity on the 1st of June, a member of the...
Update on EU action on Food product Improvement
8 June 2016During the informal Health Council meeting convened on the 18th of April, Member States committed to : Develop national plans for food product improvement to...
EU action on health-related aspects of nutrition and physical activity: latest developments
8 June 2016On the 6th of April, the European Commission’s High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical activity held a meeting during which the UK Childhood Obesity...
Slovenia organises national consultation on diabetes on World Health Day 2016
6 June 2016On the occasion of the World Health Day 2016, which focused on beating diabetes, the Slovenian Ministry of Health and the National Assembly co-organised a...
EKHA participates in ERA-EDTA 2016 Annual Congress
26 May 2016From May 21 to May 24, EKHA was pleased to take part in the 53rd Annual Congress of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis...
Members of the European Parliament call on the European Commission to address obesity epidemic and recognize obesity as a chronic disease
15 May 2016On the 11th of April, ahead of the European Obesity Day (21st of May), ten Members of the European Parliament have launched a Written declaration...
Future EU regulation on trans fats in food discussed in European Parliament with EU Commissioner for Health
3 May 2016EU Commissioner for Health Vytenis Andriukaitis gave developments on the future EU regulation on trans fats in the scope of an exchange of views with...
Highlights from the 2016 European Kidney Forum
28 April 2016“MOVING from DISEASE CARE TO HEALTH CARE - A paradigm shift that focuses on Prevention” On the 19th of April, the European Kidney Health Alliance...
EKHA reports from European Commission’s Chronic Disease Conference
25 April 2016On the 19th of April, EKHA attended the Chronic Disease conference organised by the European Commission "Towards better prevention and management of chronic diseases". This...
First “UK Renal Research Strategy” launched by kidney community
20 April 2016On the 14th of April, the UK kidney community launched the first “UK Renal Research Stategy”, a comprehensive document identifying the main challenges, defining goals...
World Health Organisation issues Global Report on Diabetes, calls on Governments and civil society to speed up action
6 April 2016Ahead of the 2016 World Health Day (7th of April) which focuses on diabetes for this year edition, the World Health Organisation released today its...