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Policy forum in the European Parliament: calling for a paradigm shift towards green kidney care

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The EKHA is a Brussels-based NGO that proposes solutions for the challenges of kidney diseases in Europe, while promoting the highest quality of care. The EKHA works on the principle that both the European Commission and European Parliament play vital roles in assisting national governments with these challenges. The EKHA network has five full members (international associations representing patients, nurses, physicians and kidney foundations), next to 30 National or Regional Societies as affiliated members.

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The EKHA is the recipient of support by the European Union in the context of the Annual Work Program 2022 on the prevention of non-communicable diseases of EU4Health, topic ID EU4H-2022-PJ02, project # 101101220 PREVENTCKD.

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  1. Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan, 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Raymond Vanholder

  2. European Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium

    Raymond Vanholder, Alicia Bé, Eveline Scheres & Marine Faure

  3. Dentons Global Advisors, Health Practice, Brussels, Belgium

    Alicia Bé & Marine Faure

  4. Buitendelijnen, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Eveline Scheres

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Vanholder, R., Bé, A., Scheres, E. et al. Policy forum in the European Parliament: calling for a paradigm shift towards green kidney care. J Nephrol 36, 1225–1227 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-023-01692-y

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