World Kidney Day

Are Your Kidneys OK? Let’s Talk About Kidney Health Beyond World Kidney Day

March 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Dr. Elliot Koranteng Tannor @elliotktannor is a Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, a Consultant Nephrologist at the Komfo Anokye [...]

Highlights from the March 2025 Issue

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]

Ensuring Kidney Health Equity in the Face of Crises this World Kidney Day

March 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

Ranim Razzouk, MD @RazzoukRanim Dr. Ranim Razzouk is a senior Nephrology and Hypertension Fellow at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Her interests include kidney [...]

Highlights from the March 2024 Issue

February 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]

AJKDBlog Call for Submissions on Advancing Equitable Access to Care

December 7, 2023 // 5 Comments

World Kidney Day (WKD) will be held on Thursday, March 14th, 2024. AJKD celebrates this special day by featuring the WKD logo on the cover and highlighting research across [...]

Kidney Health for All: This World Kidney Day, Thinking of the Most Vulnerable and Preparing for the Unforeseen

March 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sean Pickthorn, MD @SeanPickthorn Dr Sean Pickthorn is currently first-year nephrology fellow at the University of Minnesota. His interests include hypertension, diabetic [...]

World Kidney Day 2019: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere

March 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

World Kidney Day (WKD), established in 2006, is an initiative to raise awareness about the health burden of kidney disease. The theme for World Kidney Day 2019 is global [...]

WKD 2018: Kidneys and Women’s Health

March 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Today is World Kidney Day (WKD), a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about kidney health. On its 13th anniversary, the theme for 2018 is “Women and Kidney [...]

Bariatric Surgery in Chronic Kidney Disease

March 9, 2017 // 4 Comments

Today is World Kidney Day, a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about kidney health. The theme for 2017 is a focus on “Kidney Disease and Obesity.” The official [...]

World Kidney Day 2015

March 12, 2015 // 1 Comment

Today is the 10th anniversary of World Kidney Day. World Kidney Day is a global effort “to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to [...]

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