Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health

Collaborators, Affiliations

World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee:
Valerie A Luyckx, Marcello Tonelli, Ifeoma Ulasi, Vivekanand Jha, Marina Wainstein, Siddiq Anwar, Daniel O'Hara, Elliot K Tannor, Jorge Cerda, Elena Cervantes, María Carlota González

¹ Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine-Renal Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
² National Kidney Foundation Inc., New York, New York, USA.
³ Queensland Children's Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Brisbane, Australia.
⁴ Faculdade Ciencias Medicas de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Hospital das Clinicas, Ebserh, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
⁵ Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁶ Department of Nephrology, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Second Department of Nephrology, AHEPA University Hospital Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁹ Nephrology Department, Péterfy Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ Tamilnad Kidney Research (TANKER) Foundation, Chennai, India.
¹¹ Division of Health System, Policy and Management, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
¹² Italian Kidney Foundation, Rome, Italy.

Editorial

Joseph A Vassalotti et al. J Ren Care. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;51(2):e70019.

doi: 10.1111/jorc.70019.

World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee:
Valerie A Luyckx, Marcello Tonelli, Ifeoma Ulasi, Vivekanand Jha, Marina Wainstein, Siddiq Anwar, Daniel O'Hara, Elliot K Tannor, Jorge Cerda, Elena Cervantes, María Carlota González

¹ Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine-Renal Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
² National Kidney Foundation Inc., New York, New York, USA.
³ Queensland Children's Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Brisbane, Australia.
⁴ Faculdade Ciencias Medicas de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Hospital das Clinicas, Ebserh, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
⁵ Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁶ Department of Nephrology, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Second Department of Nephrology, AHEPA University Hospital Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁹ Nephrology Department, Péterfy Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ Tamilnad Kidney Research (TANKER) Foundation, Chennai, India.
¹¹ Division of Health System, Policy and Management, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
¹² Italian Kidney Foundation, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

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