Jullia Machado

On May 2nd in New York City, GloPAKH’s Executive Director Brian Kennedy participated in the UN Multistakeholder Hearing On the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and the Promotion of […]

On February 6, 2025, kidney health stakeholders joined together at the Senate building in Mexico City for the seventh annual Meeting of the Alliance for Kidney Health to address the national burden and impact of kidney disease. The policy forum explored the value of early intervention to slow kidney disease progression. 

This year’s World Kidney Day, celebrated on March 13, coincides with a window of opportunity to advance kidney disease screening as a global health priority.  At both the World Health Assembly and the United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs, policymakers will be called upon this year to Make the Change for Kidney Health.   

One clear message emerged from two meetings of European kidney health stakeholders that recently convened in Brussels. In Europe, the time has come to prioritize screening for kidney disease and access to earlier diagnosis and treatment.  

New Policy Brief Calls on Policymakers Worldwide to Prioritise Kidney Health Screenings, Treatment. 

By Navdeep Tangri, MD, PhD, FRCP As the world’s population ages, the burden of chronic kidney disease grows.  That’s the finding shared by a recent study published in Nature Reviews […]

On May 30, alongside the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health convened its first ever Chronic Kidney Disease Patient Forum. The event program underscored the benefits of screening and early detection and elevating chronic kidney disease as a priority NCD.

By Navdeep Tangri, MD, PhD, FRCP Two new studies released at the annual Congress of the European Renal Association offer more evidence for the benefits of targeted screening for chronic […]

The evidence is in, and it points in one direction.  Policymakers need to join the effort to make meaningful change for kidney health.