In collaboration with Can-SOLVE CKD Network - Le réseau Can-SOLVE CKD, our Kidney Check program is bringing mobile #PointOfCare screening for #diabetes & #CKD to rural & remote Indigenous communities across Canada. Check out this video that summarizes our screening process! #IndigenousHealth

The Can-SOLVE CKD Network - Le réseau Can-SOLVE CKD Kidney Check team is working on finalizing its completely redesigned application that will be a critical component in delivering community-based kidney disease screening. Read more: cansolveckd.com/news/kidney-ch…

CDIC Research Director Paul Komenda is ecstatic over our new i-STATs! They will be sent to the rural & remote Indigenous communities participating in our Kidney Check project, to measure creatinine at point-of-care!

Apart from yearly check ups with a doctor or nurse, there are lots of ways we can help take care of your kidneys.

Excited to officially kick off the @KidneyCheck program in BC in partnership with the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council and @FNHA! This program will work with First Nations communities to develop locally acceptable screening that will improve kidney health kidneycheck.ca

Well maybe it’s not as cool as an NHL hockey game being announced in Cree but check out our ‘Caring for Your Kidneys’ video with CREE narration! youtu.be/hr5yBtQCqC4

The goal of Kidney Check is to help keep kidneys healthy & prevent or delay kidney problems. This includes looking for diabetes & high blood pressure. Treating and managing diabetes & high blood pressure can help stop more kidney damage from happening.

The BC SUPPORT Unit is hosting an informational webinar on March 16th about our Kidney Check project, presented by Craig Settee, Dr. Adeera Levin & Catherine Turner all from Can-SOLVE CKD Network - Le réseau Can-SOLVE CKD. More info on how to join the webinar at this link: bit.ly/2TayBNn

The Can-SOLVE CKD Network - Le réseau Can-SOLVE CKD Kidney Check BC team is highlighted in this story about kidney health checks in Port Alberni hashilthsa.com/news/2020-02-2…

Our Kidney Check project is promoting equitable access to kidney health care in rural + remote Indigenous communities, through mobile, point-of-care screening for hypertension, diabetes, & CKD. #WKD2020 Can-SOLVE CKD Network - Le réseau Can-SOLVE CKD Paul Komenda Cathy Woods bit.ly/2Wa34hI

Join us at noon PST today for a special webinar presentation on the Kidney Check program in British Columbia. Thanks to @bcsupportunit for hosting!

Tomorrow: Join Paul Komenda and Cathy Woods to learn about the Kidney Check project, a new framework for early detection and treatment of kidney disease in First Nations communities. 9:00am PDT/12:00pm EDT Registration: cscc.ca/en/conferences… CSCC

It is important to consider screening kids, in addition to adults, when looking at implementing community based kidney health checks and screening.

Congratulations to the Kidney Check program for receiving two #UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence awards! Kidney Check carries out point-of-care testing to identify chronic kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension in remote communities across Canada. news.umanitoba.ca/kidney-check-p…