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This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause. Some causes may be represented by more than one ...
Kidney disease and kidney cancer awareness are another cause represented by the green ribbon. [3] [2] People who have kidney disease, are on dialysis, have received a kidney transplant, [4] or who are living kidney donors wear the green ribbon to help raise awareness about the condition. March is kidney awareness month and those who are ...
[2] [3] The purpose of the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative was to improve this situation and thereby reduce healthcare costs [4] by encouraging preventive modes of care, creating incentives to increase the proportion of home dialysis treatment and making kidney transplants available to more patients.
This is termed the albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) [10] and microalbuminuria is defined as ACR ≥3.5 mg/mmol (female) or ≥2.5 mg/mmol (male), [11] or with both substances measured by mass, as an ACR between 30 and 300 μg albumin/mg creatinine. [12] For the diagnosis of microalbuminuria, care must be taken when collecting sample for the urine ...
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A person wearing a red ribbon to raise awareness and support of AIDS. Awareness ribbons are symbols meant to show support or raise consciousness for a cause. Different colors and patterns are associated with different issues. Yellow ribbons, in the United States, are used to show that a close family member is abroad in military service.
Isn't there a ribbon for awareness of homophobia? I think it's rainbow-colored. That's my guess anyway. Cholerashot 22:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC) Rainbow-colored ribbons actually are traded, but I've checked the first three weblinks from the Awareness ribbon article and the second and third linked pages both mention it as "a symbol of gay pride and support for the GLBT community and their quest ...
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) is a publicly supported non-profit organization founded in 1971. [2] The AKF provides comprehensive programs of kidney health awareness, education, and prevention. It provides financial assistance that helps 1 out of every 5 U.S. dialysis patients to access health care. In 2016, the American Kidney Fund provided ...