Kidney Health Matters:

About the event

Kidney disease significantly impacts individuals, economies, and societies. And despite the rapidly rising burden — including the steep economic costs associated with kidney failure — kidney disease is often conspicuously absent from global health agendas.

However, various WHO Member States, civil society, global health leaders, and the private sector are advocating for a Resolution on Kidney Health to help raise awareness of the urgent need to address the growing epidemic and guide Member States to implement national public health policies that effectively address the disease. In order to face the growing burden of kidney disease and advance a sustainable model of Universal Health Coverage for all by 2030, it is crucial to integrate kidney health into broader strategies for preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs.

By integrating prevention, early detection, and timely management into national public health policies, governments can significantly help reduce the financial burden of later stages of kidney disease for both patients and health care systems — making it a key area to address during the upcoming High Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.

This event, hosted by Devex in partnership with the International Society of Nephrology, will explore how a resolution on kidney health can help promote efforts not only to address the rapidly growing burden of Kidney Disease, but also to advance Universal Health Coverage and broader strategies for preventing and controlling a range of NCDs.