In this article, which is part of the special report: Europe’s “decade of the kidney”, Daniel Gallego, president of the EKPF, explains that education is the key to ensure early detection and we should promote tools, resources, initiatives and materials that enable real shared decision making. According to EKHA President Prof. Raymond Vanholder, the
EKPF holds a new webinar to discuss the unmet symptoms of chronic kidney disease: anemia and uraemic pruritus. These symptoms are not adequately covered despite the fact that they affect the quality of life of renal patients. This webinar will feature two leading experts in the field who will shed light on new treatments
On March 11th, the EKPF held a webinar to commemorate the World Kidney Day. We were fortunate to have two rountables: The first one brought together Dr. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh and Professor Raymon Vanholder as health professionals; and the second one was table of patients who were great connoisseurs of how to live with Kidney
Leading global kidney disease organizations are addressing strategies to increase access to and uptake of home dialysis, both peritoneal dialysis and home dialysis. To boost the access, they formed an International Home Dialysis Roundtable (IHDR). IHDR met during a two-part virtual meeting (October and November 2020) to consider practical steps for increasing access to
Today, the multi-stakeholder Blood and Beyond initiative publishes a policy briefing shedding light on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects blood use, blood transfusion services, and patients in whom transfusions are clinically indicated. The paper provides suggestions to address the challenge and depicts why Europe needs a co-ordinated vision on the future of blood use
This Wednesday April 28, the kick-off meeting of the Eramus + ProCKD project (exchanging good practices for the PROffesional integration of people with Chronic Kidney Disease) was held virtually through the Zoom platform. The kick-off meeting of the project had 3 parts: The first was a partner´s internal meeting to follow up on the
Patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) or ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) face many barriers to remaining in or joining the workforce, especially after starting dialysis treatment. These barriers include poor employment opportunities because of disadvantaged socioeconomic status, fatigue and other symptoms of renal failure, depression and feelings of social isolation, comorbid diseases, transportation
The ECARIS (Educationg CARers of kIdney patientS) consortium is organizing a series of training webinars for informal caregivers of kidney patients from March 23-26. The seminars are free and open access and address issues as important to the kidney patient as vascular access, treatment options, therapeutic options such as Music Therapy or mental health.
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) urge immediate prioritization of COVID-vaccine distribution to people undergoing dialysis treatment in dialysis units throughout the world. As presidents of the three global kidney organizations, we urge all governments to prioritize delivery of COVID-19 vaccine to
The EKPF to commemorate the World Kidney Day that is celebrated today March 11 around the world organized a webinar yesterday to review current issues in the field of nephrology. How could it be otherwise the impact that people with kidney disease are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the claims that have
