March is Kidney Month: A Time of Unity and Action
AKF encourages the kidney community and beyond to come together this March in support of all those affected by kidney disease. A time of unity and action, Kidney Month provides an opportunity to support our effort to empower and educate the 37 million people in the United States living with kidney disease.
Join us for Kidney Action Week
Join the kidney health community for essential educational information and resources
This Kidney Month, we encourage you to take action on kidney health by registering for Kidney Action Week, a free, weeklong virtual event starting March 20 that connects you with other patients, nephrologists, renal dietitians, caregivers and other kidney experts. We're offering sessions throughout the week that will provide you with information, tools and resources to help you prevent kidney disease or take the best care of yourself if you have it.
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New AKF microsite focuses on disparities in kidney disease
Everyone deserves to be as healthy as they can, no matter where they live, what language they speak or the color of their skin. But in kidney disease, there is a disproportionate burden on communities of color.
By visiting KidneyHealthforAll.org, you'll find resources centered around AKF's four pillars that comprise AKF's health equity initiative, including:
- Preventing and slowing the progression of kidney disease
- Increasing diversity in clinical trials to reflect the populations the medications will treat
- Increasing awareness and utilization of home dialysis, which can result in better outcomes, as an available treatment option
- Increasing access and removing barriers to kidney transplantation among people of color
Learn how to keep your kidneys healthy during Kidney Month and beyond
Know life's possibilities. Healthy kidneys make them happen.
There are steps you can take to manage your kidney disease and prevent kidney failure.
Join the AKF community
Support AKF anywhere, anytime and join a community united by a mission of fighting kidney disease.
It is more important than ever to let your elected officials know that kidney disease is an essential issue for you.
Be a voice for kidney patients and their families on Capitol Hill.
Learn how to join AKF's free, community health education program.
If you have a child living with kidney disease, encourage them to enter our art contest!
AKF offers online courses that meet the continuing education requirements of health care professionals caring for patients with, or at risk for, kidney disease.
What do people know about their kidneys?
We took to the streets in Washington, D.C. to find out and get some very interesting answers...see for yourself!
Test your knowledge and take our kidney quiz
Do you know what you don't know about your kidneys and kidney disease? Empower yourself and get the facts about kidney disease — how to prevent it, how to treat it, and more.
This quiz is purely informational and should not take the place of consultation with your physician or any medical diagnosis.
