EKHA & EKPF open letter ‘Protecting Chronic Kidney Disease patients amid the conflict in Ukraine’ 2 March 2022 In the wake of the escalating conflict in Ukraine, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) and the European Kidney Patients’ Federation (EKPF) published an open letter to Ms Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food
The European Kidney Patients’ Federation strongly condemns the war in Ukraine and offers its full support to kidney patients, their families and healthcare professionals. Unfortunately, all the bad predictions have come true and the war in Ukraine is already a sad daily news story. In such situations, it is the most vulnerable who suffer
Today EKHA is launching a set of recommendations to tackle Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at EU level together with its partners: the French nephrology and patient societies: Société Francophone de Néphrologie, Dialyse et Transplantation (SFNDT), France Rein, and Renaloo. The Ministerial Conference on the Resilience of Health Systems to Support Cooperation on a European Scale,
The EKPF held a new webinar to discuss abour Rare Kidney Diseases. We had the opportunity to have Dr. Jonathan Barrat, leader of the Renal Research Group withing the college of Life Sciences (University of Leicester); and Francisco Monfort, president of ASHUA (Atypical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome Association). As moderator, we have Tess Harris, president of
On 9th and 10th December, the European Kidney Patients’ Federation (EKPF) will hold two meeting days in Madrid. The first of them will be entitled “ANNUAL SUMMIT OF KIDNEY PATIENTS: Training session”, in which industries and entities of the EKPF will discuss the latest advances in chronic kidney disease. On Friday, December 10th, the General
Daniel Gallego, President of the EKPF, attended a meeting yesterday with John F. Ryan, Director of Public Health, Directorate for Health and Food Safety of European Commission. The purpose of the meeting was to present the problems of people with kidney disease in terms of nutrition and its relationship with the progression of the
EKPF holds a new webinar to talk about Rare Kidney Diseases with two great experts: Dr. Jonathan Barrat, leader of the Renal Research Group withing the college of Life Sciences (University of Leicester); and Francisco Monfort, president of ASHUA (Atypical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome Association). As moderator, we have Tess Harris, president of FEDERG (European
The EKPF held a new webinar to discuss health education in CKD. We were fortunate to have two great speakers: Dr. Raymond Vanholder and Professor Monika Lichodziejewska- Niemierko as speakers, and David Marshall as moderator. It is for sure a good opportunity to listen to two experts to talk about chronic kidney disease always
Expanding Utilization of Home Dialysis: Findings of the International Home Dialysis Roundtable The international Society of Nephrology held a webinar on October 28 to talk about the utilization of home dialysis. We had the opportunity of listening to great speakers: Malika Mendu, executive medical director clinical operations for Brigham Health; Simon Dived, Professor of
EKPF webinar on health education in the CKD The EKPF held a new webinar to discuss health education in CKD. We were fortunate to have two great speakers: Dr. Raymond Vanholder and Professor Monika Lichodziejewska- Niemierko as speakers, and David Marshall as moderator. It is for sure a good opportunity to listen to two
