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What Is Kidney Advocacy and Why Is It So Important?

Advocacy has the power to bring people together across all walks of life in pursuit of a common, critical goal: for NKF and its advocates, to put an e...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

From Dialysis Clinics to Capitol Hill

When Erin Hintz Cabaluna was a dietitian intern, she was sent to a dialysis unit in a hospital. Working with people on dialysis made Erin nervous beca...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Patient advocacy

Breaking Down New Extended Medicare Coverage for Immunosuppressive Drugs

Transplant centers require people to have a certain amount of money or savings to ensure they can pay for immunosuppressive drugsmedications crucial ...

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Immunosuppressants,

Patient advocacy

How to Share Your Story and Find a Living Kidney Donor

Need a kidney transplant but don't know where to start? Here's advice from two transplant recipients who've been in your shoes.

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney transplantation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

Navigating College, Dialysis, and Transplant: One Advocate’s Kidney Disease Journey

Lance Mason's kidney journey began before he was even bornboth his parents had kidney disease and had gone through dialysis and kidney transplants. G...

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

Celebrating A Medicare Milestone and Looking Ahead to The Future of Kidney Care

Last week National Kidney Foundation staff and stakeholders from across the kidney community hosted Members of Congress, legislative staff, and though...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Health insurance,

Patient advocacy

Championing Health Equity in Kidney Care Policy for the People Health Summit

At the recently held Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Policy for the People Health Summit, NKF staff discussed our kidney patient-focused ...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

Kidney Advocates Drive State Legislative Wins in 2023

When the Nevada state legislature unanimously passed Living Donor Protection Act (LDPA) legislation in early May, Voices for Kidney Health advocate Ju...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

Coping with Chronic Kidney Disease: “Being an Advocate Saved My Life.”

Derek Forfang's journey with kidney disease has been a long, winding road filled with anxiety, depression, and heartbreak. Even after receiving one pa...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Chronic kidney disease,

Patient advocacy

Pushing for Kidney Disease Screenings to Help the Patients that Need Them Most

Both the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Coalition for Kidney Health (C4KH), a multi-stakeholder group of partners convened by NKF, recently...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Tests and procedures,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Patient advocacy