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How to Share Your Story and Find a Living Kidney Donor

Finding a living donor can sound scary and overwhelming. Where do you start and what are the best ways to share your story? Heres advice from two tra...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Policy and legislation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

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...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

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...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Living donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

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...

Home hemodialysis,

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies

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...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

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...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

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...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

A Personal Mission to Improve Kidney Care Through Policy

By Allison Herrity, NKF Advocacy Manager Im very excited to join the National Kidney Foundation in the Advocacy Manager role as we begin an exciting ...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

NKF and Kidney Advocates Led the Way in 2021

In 2021 advocates from across the country worked to ensure that a pro-kidney health agenda moved forward at every level possible, while NKF ensured th...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Continuing the Discussion on Our Research Roundtables and Federal Kidney Funding

In October 2021, NKF released a series of priorities and opportunities in kidney disease research that resulted from the work of our Research Roundtab...

Patient advocacy,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,