Proposition to partners to share common goals in kidney health: detection, prevention and patient care

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2. Who are the IFKF?
• IFKF is a global multidisciplinary community
• Improving outcomes and fighting the cause for
Kidney Health
• IFKF has 65 (Council) member organisations
• IFKF represents 40 countries
• They include 'affiliate' members in the IFKF
network eg. CEAPIR and KDIGO
• IFKF is dependent on sponsorship as well as
member fees due to the members NFP status
• Reserves of < 6 months
• More information at www.ifkf.org

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Early detection, prevention and care for patients are the ultimate goals.
The picture: screening in Bangladesh

4. Why a partnership with IFKF? 4
• Continue and develop direct and indirect
business relationships between partners and
local foundations
• Supporting IFKF fits with organisations’ social
responsibility policy
• Continued brand exposure in key markets
• Partner can direct and control this exposure
• Joint projects co-opting central and local
competences

5. Why is IFKF a Good Partner? 5
• An integrated approach to the growing
burden of kidney disease.
• A major multidisciplinary umbrella
organisation in the kidney world
• Bringing together health authorities,
medical and healthcare professionals
• with volunteers and patients in local
foundations

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• A shared vision to improve the outcome for
patients and people at risk from kidney disease.
• Members’ activities in local communities make
valuable contribution to global improvement of
kidney health.
• Multidisciplinary approach encourages integrated
prevention and treatment initiatives
• brings effective patient care within reach
• It is a proven recipe for a more effective and
efficient approach to cost effective healthcare
solutions.

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Communication and
focussed postioning

9. Areas of focus at IFKF 9
• Leadership in developing relations and
projects with different stakeholders
• Professional education
– Patients and their families
– Health care professionals: GP’s, Renal nurses,
Dieticians, Social workers
• SeeKD®: early detection program
– Introduced in Canada in 2011; roll out in increasing
number of countries
– Data collection
• Learning from each other and from
experts

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• Annual Meetings (2013 Annual Meeting in
Guadalajara, Mexico
• Regional Meetings (2013: Brussels for
foundations in Europe and neighbouring
countries. Meetings to be planned with
Development Partners like FMC
• Bilateral programs
– current: Morocco <> Netherlands, Kenya <>
Turkey, Japan <> Canada
• World Kidney Day (2013: March 14)

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Patnership support of Morocco by the
Netherlands

12. • IFKF business model
– Businesslike approach
– Win-win
• Agreements with partners
– Joint projects
– Projectmanagement by IFKF
• central: IFKF Management Services: time based
• local: sharing expenses of local foundation
– Part of funding is unrestricted and used for
managing and growing IFKF

13. Joint projects with partners
• Kidney Health for Life:
– Improved treatment in early stages of CKD
– Pilots and surveys in 2011 – 2014
• International Challenge
– Ideas and plans for medicine compliance
• IFKF-supported activities in:
– Uganda: Kampala Renal Week
– Kenya and Nigeria: WKD events
– Ghana: AFRAN Congress in 2013
– Australia
• Educational programs and courses in
– India, Guatamala, Malaysia
• Regional meetings
– 2012: Middle and East Europe in Bulgaria

14. World Kidney Day
• Successful campaign together with ISN
since 2006
• Hundreds of events in more then 100
countries
• Aimed at general public, medical
professionals and governments
• Impressive press coverage

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More on
www.worldkidneyday.org
www.ifkf.org

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