EKHA INITIATIVES
| March 4th 2008 - 15.00-17.00 - Room A3E-2 European Parliament - Bruxelles, Belgium |
Chronic Kidney Disease |
Europe’s Silent Epidemic |
A Wake-Up Call |
| Programme |
| Introduction |
| Professor Andrew Rees, Chairman of EKHA |
| European Parliament endorsement of kidney health issues |
| Mrs Frieda Brepoels, MEP, EPP-ED Shadow Rapporteur ‘Organ Donation and Transplantation: Policy Actions at EU-Level’ |
| The daily reality of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) - A patient and nurse’s perspective |
| Valerie Twomey, Patient |
| Karen Jenkins, European Dialysis and Transplantantation Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association CKD Group Chair |
| Incidence, consequences and economics of early detection of CKD |
| Paul E. de Jong, Professor in Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen |
| Public Health Strategies to identify CKD and to prevent its consequences (lessons from the UK and the rest of the world) |
| Dr. Donal J O’Donoghue National Clinical Director for Kidney Care, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
| Roundtable discussion |
| EKHA Permanent exhibition at 3rd Floor Bar Forum from 3 - 5 March 2008 |
| Panel1: EKHA |
| - Introducing EKHA: Aims and objectives, info on member organizations, message from Chairman Professor Andrew Rees, |
| - Photo of Chairman. |
| Panel 2: Prevention and call for action |
| - Photo of screening for CKD |
| - Prevention better than cure |
| - Identification of high-risk individuals |
| - What can be done to reduce number of people needing RRT |
| Panel 3: The kidney, CKD and Renal Replacement Therapy |
| - Explanation of the role of the kidneys in the body and their inseparable link to all other systems in the human body |
| - diagram of the kidney in the body |
| - Causes and symptoms of CKD |
| - Dialysis and photo of patient |
| - Transplantation |
| Panel 4: World Kidney Day |
| - History of WKD, why it was initiated |
| - Member States’ activities |
| For more detailed information download the Invitation to the EKHA WKD Symposium (click here, you need Acrobat Reader) or visit the EKHA Website at www.ekha.eu |