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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(2):471-473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm854
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© The Author [2008]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org


The third World Kidney Day: looking back and thinking forward

Sudhir V. Shah1 and John Feehally2

1Professor of International Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA and 2Professor of Renal Medicine, The John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Sudhir V. Shah, Division of Nephrology, UAMS College of Medicine, 4301 West Markham, Slot 501, Little Rock, AR 72205m, USA. E-mail: shahsudhirv@uams.edu

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On behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee: William G. Couser (ISN), John Davis (IFKF), Joel Kopple (IFKF), Thomas Reiser (ISN), Miguel Riella (ISN), Anne Wilson (IFKF).

‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.’

            —Margaret Mead

13th March 2008 heralds the third annual World Kidney Day — an event that will be celebrated in more than 60 countries. We take this opportunity to recount how this concept has gained worldwide traction and momentum, and to reflect on the challenges faced by its creators and supporters.



   The beginnings of World Kidney Day
 
There have probably been many individuals who Author: The matter provided under ‘Acknowledgement section’ has been set below the author names and in the beginning of the text after corresponding author's details. Please check.conceived of marking one calendar day in which to call attention to the seriousness . . . [Full Text of this Article]



   The main challenges and aims of World Kidney Day
 
Public awareness
The importance of CKD
CKD detection programs


   World Kidney Day is here to stay
 


   Appendix
 
World Kidney Day 2007 scientific advisory board

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