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Expanding Utilization of Home Dialysis: An Action Agenda From the First International Home Dialysis Roundtable
23 June 2021In the fall of 2020, major global kidney disease organisations met at the first ‘International Home Dialysis Roundtable’ (IHDR) to discuss ways to increase access...
Press release: 2021 European Kidney Forum: Unmet needs and challenges in access to treatments in Europe: The case of Chronic Kidney Disease Brussels
21 June 2021Brussels, June 21st 2021 Last Friday, on June 18th, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) and the MEP Group for Kidney Health hosted the 2021...
Roadmap for Organ donation and transplantation: a multi- stakeholder call to action
21 May 2021Although Europe is a leader in organ donation and transplantation, compared to other continents, major discrepancies remain between countries in terms of transplantation activity. This...
Save the date! European Kidney Forum 2021: Unmet needs & challenges in access to treatments in Europe: The case of Chronic Kidney Disease
21 May 2021The 2021 European Kidney Forum will take place on the 18th June 2021 from 10:30 to 12:00 CEST. The MEP Group for Kidney Health and...
The Vascular Access Handbook For People With Kidney Disease is now available
10 May 2021The final edition of the Vascular Access Handbook For People With Kidney Disease, endorsed by EKHA, is now available on the Spanish Multidisciplinary Vascular Access...
Fighting the unbearable lightness of neglecting kidney health: the Decade of the Kidney™
6 May 2021The latest publication of EKHA provides an in-depth overview of the elements that constitute the current challenges in kidney disease. The publication, which can be...
Management of kidney failure in Western Europe: structure, organisation and services
27 April 2021A recent paper to which Prof. Raymond Vanholder, EKHA President, contributed, looked into structures, organisation, and services for the management of kidney failure across the...
Patients’ opinion about KRT modality choice
1 April 2021EKHA contributed to a recent survey assessing the opinions and experiences of patients with end-stage kidney diseases (ESKD) on treatment modalities. The survey asked ESKD...
EDTAKI: a nephrology and public policy committee platform call for more European involvement in AKI
29 March 2021A recent article, led by the Nephrology Public Policy Committee (NPPC) of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), proposes a...
Data Sharing Under the General Data Protection Regulation – Time to Harmonize Law and Research Ethics?
26 March 2021In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became a binding law in the EU and led to uncertainty in the research community. A recent...
New EKHA publication: ‘Which factors are influencing nephrologists’ choices about treatment modalities for ESKD patients?’
25 March 2021The European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) recently contributed to a survey analysing the factors shaping nephrologists’ choices about treatment modalities for patients with end-stage kidney...
