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What is Going on With Transplant Reform?

By Lauren Drew, Director of Congressional Relations UPDATE 3/24/2024: President Biden has signed into law the FY24 funding package that includes an ad...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney transplantation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

The Future for Kidney Advocacy is Bright Thanks to You

By Matthew Fitting Starting a new job always involves uncertainty, but particularly so when I joined the National Kidney Foundation as its new Directo...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Moving from a Cane to Curling for a Cure

Moving from a Cane to Curling for a Cure Jennifer Cramer-Miller Regan Birr graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a mechanical engineering...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Patient advocacy,

Autoimmune kidney diseases and conditions,

Lupus nephritis

Champions of Change: 5 NKF Advocates Fighting For Better Kidney Health Policy

It's time to celebrate all the achievements Voices for Kidney Health advocates drove forward this past year. We passed the U.S. Organ Procurement and ...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Patient advocacy,

A Holiday Reflection on Family and the Ongoing Fight for Kidney Health

By Sharon Pearce, SVP Government Relations Sharon Pearce, the Senior Vice President of Government Relations at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), s...

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Recapping Kidney Advocacy’s Spectacular Triumphs of 2023

The National Kidney Foundation's advocacy efforts in 2023 started with welcoming a new Congress. It ended with the passage of game-changing legislatio...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Medical Bias Unveiled: A Path to Kidney Health Advocacy

What began as preparation for a simple surgery set off a chain of events in Janet Tennysons life that culminated in a kidney disease diagnosis. This ...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Cardiovascular disease,

Patient advocacy,

High blood pressure

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