On the 27th of May, in the presence of the Ministry of Health representatives’, the Ethiopian Kidney Care launched its formation.
“Our non-profit organization is working on the kidney health and kidney disease with a focus on three core goals, which is to; create awareness about kidney diseases and kidney health, research and kidney patient support. The objective of this launching event is to introduce our organization and what it has been doing since its inception and its future projects ahead,” the founder and chair-person of the Ethiopian Kidney Care explained.
The organization is set on a bedrock that envisions to better the lives of people through prevention and proper management of kidney diseases in Ethiopia and further seeks to promote kidney health through awareness creation, disease prevention, education research, support groups and community empowerment to decrease the burden of kidney disease in Ethiopia.
A panel discussion comprised of health professional and patients is one of the components of the program that focuses on kidney disease and its burden on our society.