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A Message from NKF's Interim Senior Vice President of Government Relations

Written by Jesse Roach, MD Interim Senior Vice President of Government Relations atNational Kidney Foundation Dear Advocates and Friends of the Natio...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Expanding Living Donation: Understanding the Key Legislation

Every day, 12 people die waiting for a kidney transplant. Living organ donation plays a vital role in addressing this crisis. However, many potential ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Living donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Life, Love, and Transplant: Wife Donates Kidney to Husband

By the time Lindsay met her future husband Denis in college, he had been dealing with kidney issues for years. It was a normal part of life that both ...

Transplant recipients ,

Instincts and Impact: The Decision to Donate a Kidney

Kellye Miller has always followed her instinct. As a fourth-year college student, she gave up a physics scholarship to pursue communications at a new ...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Making the Case for Home Dialysis

By Lauren Drew, Congressional Relations Director Many patients are not informed when they first begin dialysis that there are more options beyond the...

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy,

Home hemodialysis

5 NKF Advocates Fighting for KIDNEY EQUITY FOR ALL™

Meet five inspiring Voices for Kidney Health advocates at the forefront of the battle for kidney equity. They faced kidney disease head-on, and now th...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Patient advocacy,

NKF's Call to Establish Standardized Screening Recommendations for Chronic Kidney Disease

Ensuring access to early screening is vital for safeguarding the health of your heart and kidneys. That is why the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Disease prevention,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy

Shining A Bright Light of Advocacy

Shining A Bright Light of Advocacy Jennifer Cramer-Miller Two decades ago, when Charles Rice was in his thirties, he felt invincible. A married hard-w...

Treatments and therapies,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney transplantation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Making an Impact Beyond DC

By Valerie Rinck, Advocacy Manager On February 27th over 160 Voices for Kidney Health advocates headed to Capitol Hill to close out the 11th Annual Ki...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Goodbye Race Coefficients. Hello Transplant Equity!

By Morgan Reid, National Kidney Foundation's Director of Transplant Policy and Strategy Happy Black History Month! The National Kidney Foundation is ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney transplantation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity,