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World Kidney Day is observed annually on the 2nd Thursday in March. [1] At the start of this holiday, 66 countries observed this date in 2006. Within two years, this number rose to 88. WKD is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF). [2]
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The theme of World Teachers' Day 2023 is "The teachers we need for the education we want". Teachers are the heart of education and in many countries are leaving the profession they love, and fewer young people aspire to become one. UNESCO estimates that the world needs over 69 million new teachers by 2030, and the shortage only continues to ...
The American Kidney Fund holds large community outreach events, Kidney Action Day, bringing free health screenings and healthy living information to people at high risk for kidney disease. In 2016, AKF held Kidney Action Day events in Alabama (Bessemer), Chicago, Houston, [ 7 ] New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
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Among these, he was the 1993 recipient of the David M. Hume Memorial Award by the National Kidney Foundation. [3] He also received the 2004 Robert H. Herman Memorial Award and the 1997 E.V. McCollum Award from the American Society for Nutrition . [ 4 ]
A first-grade teacher in Texas gave one of her students more than just an education. Matthew Parker, 6, is only able to attend class at Hoffmann Lane Elementary School two days a week because he ...
The initiative stated three explicit goals: to ensure that 80 percent of patients newly diagnosed with kidney failure would either receive a transplant or at-home dialysis by 2025; to reduce the instances of kidney failure by one fourth by 2030; to make twice as many kidneys available for transplant by 2030. [5]