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Casting your ballot for kidney health this November

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is once again encouraging kidney community members to make their voices heard in this Novembers midterm election...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

White House Conference Highlights Importance of Nutrition Policy

On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the White House is hosting a National Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health with the specific goal of ending h...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

August Advocate Meetings Ensure Congress Hears Kidney Patients Loud and Clear

For the second August in a row, newer members of the Voices for Kidney Health advocate community from across the country met with their federal lawmak...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

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

House Bill Provides Critical Boost in Kidney Funding

This week the House Appropriations Committee released its annual bill that includes funding for health policy programs. NKF is very pleased that our r...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

NKF Advocates Secure Support for Living Organ Donor Protections Across the Country

Since the start of state legislative sessions in January, Voices for Kidney Health advocates have worked with lawmakers to pass Living Donor Protectio...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Living donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

Your Story, Your Voice

You are the strongest advocate for kidney patients, living donors, and their families. On March 2nd, NKF hosted its ninth annual Kidney Patient Summit...

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Patient advocacy,

Home hemodialysis

Record Number of Representatives Sign On To Kidney Disease Funding Letter

Every March, the US House of Representatives begins its annual budget and appropriations process. There are forms and meetings and sign-on letters cir...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

A Powerful and Timely Kidney Patient Summit

Last week more than 220 Voices for Kidney Health advocates from across the country met with their federal lawmakers in Congress and urged them to join...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

NKF Patient Network: Changing the Face of Kidney Disease

When we first set out to recruit patients into our newly launched patient registry a year ago, the task seemed impossible. Would patients recognize th...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy