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Advancing Kidney Equity: NKF's Collaboration with the Congressional Black Caucus

In late June, NKFs Senior Director of Transplant Policy and Strategy Morgan Reid joined NKFs Director of Congressional Relations Lauren Drew for mee...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity,

A Kidney Transplant Equity Milestone: Removing Race from the Kidney Donor Risk Index

Patient advocates, we have a reason to celebrate! Thanks to the persistent, years-long advocacy of NKF and the over 2000 patient advocates who contact...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity,

5 Asian American and Pacific Islander Icons With Kidney Disease

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we're showcasing the journeys of five people with kidney disease who made history. The...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Social determinants of health,

Race and ethnicity,

6 Black/African American Icons and Their Journey with Kidney Disease

Here are the inspiring journeys of six people with kidney disease who have made history. These stories serve as a reminder that kidney disease doesn't...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity,

Goodbye Race Coefficients. Hello Transplant Equity!

By Morgan Reid, National Kidney Foundation's Director of Transplant Policy and Strategy Happy Black History Month! The National Kidney Foundation is ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney transplantation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity,

Exploring the Impact of Kidney Disease on the Hispanic/Latino Community

Since 2000, the number of Hispanic/Latino people with kidney failure has more than tripled.1 What is driving these increased rates of kidney disease,...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity

Bringing the Patient Voice to the National Medical Association Conference

by Morgan Reid, NFK Director of Transplant Policy and Strategy Amplifying the voices of our kidney patient community is a critical component of how th...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Policy and legislation,

Race and ethnicity,

HEALTH LITERACY: A REVIEW AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES

CNSW Lead Article – HEALTH LITERACY: A REVIEW AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES Gloria Chen, LCSW-S, CCTSW Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of T...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity

TikToker Melanie Pina Shines Light on Kidney Failure: “TikTok Saved My Life”

Scroll through Melanie Pina's TikTok to find a bright, funny, and genuine person detailing her life with lupus and on peritoneal dialysis. With every ...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Autoimmune kidney diseases and conditions,

Peritoneal dialysis,

Race and ethnicity,

Lupus nephritis

Let Down by the Healthcare System- Saved by Her Best Friend

"We've always said we were soul sisters. Today she's more than that. I believe she's my soulmate because she didn't even think twice about giving me h...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney transplantation,

Race and ethnicity