In the fall of 2020, major global kidney disease organisations met at the first ‘International Home Dialysis Roundtable’ (IHDR) to discuss ways to increase access to and uptake of home dialysis, both peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis. COVID-19 shed light on the urgency to increase the access to home dialysis. Kidney...
Brussels, June 21st 2021 Last Friday, on June 18th, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) and the MEP Group for Kidney Health hosted the 2021 European Kidney Forum ‘Unmet needs & challenges in access to treatments in Europe: The case of Chronic Kidney Disease’. The Forum was introduced by EU Commissioner for...
Although Europe is a leader in organ donation and transplantation, compared to other continents, major discrepancies remain between countries in terms of transplantation activity. This Roadmap, was produced by the EKHA-led Thematic Network on Organ Donation and Transplantation and is based on the Joint Statement on the same subject, published...
The 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 European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) look forward to the insightful discussions that will emerge from the theme “Unmet needs & challenges in access to...
The final edition of the Vascular Access Handbook For People With Kidney Disease, endorsed by EKHA, is now available on the Spanish Multidisciplinary Vascular Access Group (GEMAV) website. This Handbook, written by GEMAV in collaboration with the Spanish National Federation of Associations for the Fight Against Kidney Diseases (ALCER) and...
The 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 used for advocacy purposes, emphasizes the urgent need to reduce the rapidly growing burden of kidney disease worldwide. In Europe, it is estimated that 100...
A recent paper to which Prof. Raymond Vanholder, EKHA President, contributed, looked into structures, organisation, and services for the management of kidney failure across the Western European region. There has been a steady increase in kidney failure in Western Europe. This rise in burden is mainly attributable to ageing populations and...
EKHA 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 patients about their experience of KRT and the factors that influenced their choice of treatment. The survey provided a number of findings about ESKD patient’s access...
A recent article, led by the Nephrology Public Policy Committee (NPPC) of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), proposes a model to promote clinical collaboration on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Europe. AKI is an essential element of clinical nephrology but is often neglected. The...
In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became a binding law in the EU and led to uncertainty in the research community. A recent study, to which the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) contributed, assesses the main principles of GDPR in relation to biomedical research. It reviews the practical...
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