Women In Government's Advocacy Efforts Featured In Renal Physicians Association's Newsletter, RPA News. Read the Article.
Women In Government's Efforts to Fight Chronic Kidney Disease Highlighted at National Renal Physicians Association Meeting. Read the Press Release.
Women In Government Launches First-Ever Policy Resource Center To Address Chronic Kidney Disease: New Partnership with National Kidney Foundation Will Provide Additional Educational Resources to State Policymakers. Read the Press Release.
Video on How WIG Educates Policy Makers on Organ Donation
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacies has published an article on generic substitution of medications and its impact on transplant patients.
20 million Americans are affected with kidney disease and another 20 million are at increased risk.
African Americans, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans and seniors have increased risks for developing kidney disease.
Currently, there are 69,695 individuals on the national waiting list for a kidney donation
The need for organ donations is much higher among minority populations.
The American Cancer Society estimates that annually, about 32,000 new cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed and about 12,000 people die from kidney cancer.
Men are at a higher risk of developing kidney cancer than women.
Early detection can prevent the progression of kidney disease to kidney failure and also increase the changes of survival for individuals with kidney cancer.
