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Valerie Luyckx

@valerie_luyckx

Trying to understand life in others’ shoes, tackle inequities thro advocacy #Equity #NCDs #kidneycare #Qualitycare #Justice #Diversity Own views.🇿🇦🇮🇹🇨🇭

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Proud to announce that nAFRAN has signed an M.O.U with by the presidents Edwina Brown & Mohamed Hani Hafez -Another milestone to support in and achievement of the AFRAN PD Committee 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Proud to announce that #AfricanAFRAN has signed an M.O.U with #ISPD1 by the presidents @EdwinaBrown_PD & @drhanyhafez3 -Another milestone to support #peritonealdialysis in #Africa and achievement of the AFRAN PD Committee 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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The truth of this Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) should be enough to convince the 🗺️.

Sustainable financing models urgently needed.

Knowledge is there!

We need multi-stakeholder interaction, common goal: save human lives
Yot Teera HITAP Ole Frithjof Norheim Kjell Arne Johansson Bill Gates Africa CDC

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The plot thickens!
More data on 1st hit risk -
Neonatal Kidney Collaborative (NKC) IPNA Ped Nephrology Int Society of Nephrology

Association of Preterm Birth with Adverse Glomerular... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstract…

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Yes!
Important risk modifier…the first hit - sets up risk
Also ask about maternal preeclampsia, gestational DM, neonatal AKI - affect risk too.
Hypothesized by (truly visionary nephrologist, 1988
Based on physiology 🙏
Hans-Joachim Anders Katherine Tuttle Richard J. Glassock

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Empathy goes a long way with chronic disease care...

Physician Empathy and Chronic Pain Outcomes jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

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and the 2 major NCDs with mortality still rising!

Join us ⁦Int Society of Nephrology⁩ ⁦Int. Diabetes Fed.

Attention and solutions needed

Diabetes and Kidney Disease: the latest data from the IDF Diabetes Atlas and the iCaReMe registry - IDF idf.org/events/webinar…

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Important!

also and are ⬆️with low SES too. 1st risk factor. NCD PAHO/WHO NCD Child Svetlana Axelrod

Socioeconomic Position and Health Among Children and Adolescents With CKD Across the Life-Course - Kidney International Reports kireports.org/article/S2468-…

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World Bank Head: “Ignoring Africa is like ignoring the future of where the world’s going” ft.com/content/95eaac…

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Interesting and diverse list, but

Head of Pfizer listed for pharma equality?

Is there such a thing?

Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD FFPH(Hon) FRSA Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá Lawrence Gostin

TIME100 Most Influential People in Health | TIME time.com/collection/tim…

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Totally agree with Katalin Susztak we have the momentum and clear path for getting this done. It is going to take the whole global village of Patients, scientists, clinicians to accomplish the task. Thanks KDIGO for a great meeting👍

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🙏🙏 Andrea Viecelli and Scott McAlister for inviting me to work on this with you!
Each time one works on the topic of greener medicine one sees ways to improve in personal and professional life.
Zurich Kidney Center UZH EKHA
🙏Int Society of Nephrology ELP for great initiative!

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