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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(3):559-561; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl030
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World Kidney Day: an idea whose time has come

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Developed by the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), Committee for World Kidney Day

The world needs a kidney day to draw global attention to the increasing global pandemic of kidney and associated cardiovascular disease. Therefore, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) jointly are proposing that a World Kidney Day be established on the second Thursday in March each year. It will be launched on Thursday, 9 March 2006, and fully inaugurated on Thursday, 8 March 2007. The aim is to broadcast the message about kidney disease to government health officials, general physicians, allied health professionals, individuals and families.

Worldwide, most individuals with chronic kidney disease or hypertension are not diagnosed until long after the illness has developed. Moreover, when they are diagnosed, too often they are treated suboptimally or not at all. In most . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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