The Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health (GloPAKH) participated in a session on "#CVD, connected diagnoses and its effect on the individual and society" during the FOKUS Patient #FutureDays conference, represented by one of our founding members, Kidney Care UK and Fiona Loud, Policy Director.
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She highlighted that:
?? #ChronicKidneyDisease (CKD) is on the way to becoming the 5th most common NCD driver of mortality globally by 2040;
?? Most #CKD patients are unaware of their condition;
?? Effective treatments are available, like lifestyle changes, medications, and complication management (#diabetes, #CVD, #anemia etc.);
?? Policy makers have an opportunity to prioritize CKD and ensure at-risk people have access to early screening diagnosis;
??Future #CVD national plans around Europe need prioritization of #CKD [Read more at GloPAKH's CKD Screening Policy Brief https://lnkd.in/gd8AHEQ9 ]
?? In the UK, patients are being successfully engaged through the #BloodyAmazingKidneys campaign;
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Other important points from panellists were:
?? It is essential to draw learnings from Europe's Beating Cancer Plan when implementing national CVD plans in the future;
?? Most #cancer patients will develop #CVD & #CKD complications due to their treatment;
?? Both personalized treatments but also follow-ups are needed;
?? There is still a high inequality among hospitals and not enough engagement in primary care;
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Wishes for the future:
? Proactively seek to provide care for people with NCDs;
? Political functions like the Ministers of #Economy, #Finance and #Defense, along with national Prime Ministers, and not just Ministries of #Health, need to be engaged in future CVD plans;
? A patient represents a spectrum of different diseases across different times and areas of their life and should be treated multi-disciplinary;
Fiona Loud, Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health, Kidney Care UK, Ed Harding, Petra Eurenius, Cecilia Linde, European Society of Cardiology, European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health (EACH), Elham Hedayati, Anders ?kesson, Penilla Gunther, Brian Kennedy, Kalina Bozhkova, Luyanda Majija, MPH
