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NKF Partners with Congress to Improve Health Equity

As kidney disease continues to disproportionately affect patients of color and patients of low income, NKF is proud to partner with Members of Congres...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

The Impact of Unequal Care for LGBTQ+ Kidney Patients

Learn about the health disparities LGBTQ+ communities face and how to provide more inclusive care.

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

A New Way To Improve Lives

Accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to treat and prevent kidney disease. The NKF Innovation Fund launched on April 7th and is supported by invest...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Continuing Our Progress on Transplants for All

At NKF, we are devoted to advocating for our kidney patient community and amplifying health equity to ensure that everyone has a fair chance at transp...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney transplantation,

Addressing a Critical Health Crisis

For individuals with kidney failure, getting a transplant is life changing. It frees patients from the rigors of dialysis and allows them to return to...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Policy and legislation,

Kidney transplantation,

Moving Public Policy Toward Transplants for All

By Morgan Reid As the National Kidney Foundations new and first Director of Transplant Policy & Strategy, I am eager to address the many opportunitie...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Policy and legislation,

Kidney transplantation,

Removing Race from Diagnosing Kidney Disease and Addressing Health Inequities

By Anthony E. Tuggle, NKF National Board Chair COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on people of color revealed the continued social and racial in...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Research Roundtables Serve as Call to Action for Kidney Funding

While treatments for chronic kidney disease (CKD) have recently seen some notable advances, the pace of innovation lags far behind that of other disea...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Ensuring CMS Hears the Patient Voice on Dialysis

Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) regulation, known as the ESRD rule. One o...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Treatments and therapies,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Peritoneal dialysis,

Home hemodialysis,

Home peritoneal dialysis

NKF’s CEO Speaks on the Need for Innovation to Increase Kidney Transplant Rates

One of NKFs most important goals is making sure that more people benefit from a kidney transplant. Our Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Longino, recent...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney transplantation,