World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day (WKD) is a joint initiative between the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF).
World Kidney Day is a global campaign that aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems.
World Kidney Day is an annual event that takes place worldwide. Hundreds of organizations and individuals launch initiatives and events on WKD to help raise awareness of kidney disease. Learn more about World Kidney Day here.
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World Kidney Day 2022: Discover and Use the Social Media Toolkit and Online Shop
Explore the World Kidney Day (WKD) 2022 social media toolkit here. The toolkit is packed with information and resources to help you promote the WKD 2022 campaign theme 'Kidney health for all: Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care'. The toolkit, including text and visuals, presents different social media platforms and explains how best to...
New Resources Available to Support World Kidney Day Campaign
Check out a new section of the World Kidney Day (WKD) website hosting our campaign supporters' growing collection of patient-focused and educational resources. Discover WKD supporters and explore their free resources here. This year’s mission focuses on bridging the knowledge gaps to better kidney care. WKD supporters share their resources to tackle the CKD knowledge gap...
Download the 2022 World Kidney Day Theme in Your Language and Contribute Your Kidney Health Story to the Campaign
To spread the 2022 World Kidney Day (WKD) theme, "Kidney Health for All," as widely as possible and promote the call to action to bridge knowledge gaps to better kidney care, a selection of WKD web pages are now available in Arabic, Chinese (simple and traditional), French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili. The ISN encourages...
Kidney Health for All: Welcome to the World Kidney Day 2022 Campaign
The World Kidney Day (WKD) 2022 campaign has been launched in anticipation of WKD on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The WKD Joint Steering Committee has declared 2022 the year of “Kidney Health for All,” with the campaign focusing on bridging knowledge gaps to improve kidney health through increased kidney care education and awareness in the...