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Constituency Week
Conciliation Committee
10.03.2010
13:00
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes - A Major Threat to Europe’s Health
The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
60, rue Wiertz, Paul Henri Spaak building
1047 Brussels
Phone: 00-32-2-284.30.45
Email: contactgreens@europarl.europa.eu
Link to the organizer
European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA)
9-13 Rue D'Idalie
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 639 62 30
Link to the organizer
13:00
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes - A Major Threat to Europe’s Health
The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
60, rue Wiertz, Paul Henri Spaak building
1047 Brussels
Phone: 00-32-2-284.30.45
Email: contactgreens@europarl.europa.eu
Link to the organizer
European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA)
9-13 Rue D'Idalie
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 639 62 30
Link to the organizer
Conference / Convention
Type of Event
Health
Policy Field of Event
Registration required
Limitation
European Parliament, Members’ Salon
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Location of event
World Kidney Day is an annual occasion to raise awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The theme for WKD this year is ‘Protect your kidneys, Control diabetes’ with the aim of raising awareness of diabetes as the leading cause of chronic kidney disease.
Similar to the highly successful 2009 European Kidney Health Alliance seminar on CKD and hypertension, this year EKHA and WKD are joining forces to organise a lunch seminar to pursue critical advocacy campaigns on CKD and diabetes.
It is estimated that 8% of European citizens are currently affected by some form of CKD and this number is expected to rise because it is linked to other modern epidemics such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
In the long term, CKD can lead to renal failure and the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant. Central to the current EU-level debate on organ donation and transplantation is the simple fact that demand for organs for transplantation far outweighs supply. There is an immediate need to increase organ donation, but equally important in the longer term is the need to reduce the number of people developing renal failure.
Public health measures to identify early kidney disease are emerging as central to prevention efforts.
During the seminar ‘Chronic kidney disease and diabetes – A Major Threat to Europe’s Health’, an eminent panel of speakers will highlight the cause and effect of Europe ’s diabetes epidemic and its inseparable link to CKD. Panelists will also present innovative European initiatives that are working towards improving the identification and management of kidney disease.
Similar to the highly successful 2009 European Kidney Health Alliance seminar on CKD and hypertension, this year EKHA and WKD are joining forces to organise a lunch seminar to pursue critical advocacy campaigns on CKD and diabetes.
It is estimated that 8% of European citizens are currently affected by some form of CKD and this number is expected to rise because it is linked to other modern epidemics such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
In the long term, CKD can lead to renal failure and the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant. Central to the current EU-level debate on organ donation and transplantation is the simple fact that demand for organs for transplantation far outweighs supply. There is an immediate need to increase organ donation, but equally important in the longer term is the need to reduce the number of people developing renal failure.
Public health measures to identify early kidney disease are emerging as central to prevention efforts.
During the seminar ‘Chronic kidney disease and diabetes – A Major Threat to Europe’s Health’, an eminent panel of speakers will highlight the cause and effect of Europe ’s diabetes epidemic and its inseparable link to CKD. Panelists will also present innovative European initiatives that are working towards improving the identification and management of kidney disease.
Infos
Professor Andrew Rees, Chairman of the European Kidney Health Alliance; Frieda Brepoels MEP, Chair of the MEP Group for Kidney Health; Professor Dr.Dr.med.h.c.mult. Eberhard Ritz, Department Internal Medicine Ruperto Carola University Nierenzentrum, Heidelberg; Paul Beerkens, CEO Dutch Kidney Foundation, Immediate past president IFKF (International Federation of Kidney Foundations); Darren Crawley, patient.
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