Kidney Health Australia is Australian’s voice for kidney disease, fighting for increased awareness, early detection and better treatment of this incurable disease. A non profit that’s advocating for urgent change and more focused research while being a life-long support for people living with kidney disease at every stage of their journey.
For the latest information on kidney disease statistics, treatments or research, or to find out about other kidney conditions, please contact us. We can also reach out to our kidney community to put forward the patient perspective on issues related to kidney disease.
For media enquiries, speak to our Kidney Media team on 0434 801 485 or email [email protected].
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Australian test cricketer Cameron Green paid a heartwarming visit to children on dialysis as the new ambassador for Kidney Health Australia. It’s an intensely personal health issue for the star all-rounder. Green, 25, has stage two kidney disease, having been diagnosed before birth with a chronic condition that impairs the organ’s ability to filter blood.
SA Minister of Health and Wellbeing to launch pivotal changes in kidney care. Kidney Health Australia's latest kidney disease guide for primary care practitioners will be pivotal in slowing down the rates of kidney failure, which have doubled in the past 20 years and if left unchecked will grow by a further 42% by 2030.
Kidney Health Australia welcomes Professor Brendan Murphy AC to the Board of the national peak body. Professor Brendan Murphy AC has joined the Board of Kidney Health Australia after recently retiring from his position as Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care which he held from July 2020. Prior to his appointment as Secretary, Professor Murphy was the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Australian Government and, previously, the CEO of Austin Health in Victoria.
Kidney disease will be detected earlier thanks to new cardiovascular guidelines and an online risk calculator, highlighting the close link between kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. Not updated since 2012, the new guidelines identify the importance of kidney disease as a major risk factor for heart disease, reinforcing the need for GPs to do a Kidney Health Check before completing their cardiovascular assessment.
On 21 June, together with Queensland Health and the Gold Coast Hospital, we launched the Gold Coast Big Red Kidney Bus. The Gold Coast is a world-renowned holiday destination and from August you can book the free dialysis sessions on the respite chair on the bus and take a much-needed holiday to this beautiful destination. Read the media release here.
Kidney disease has been brought into sharp focus during Kidney Health Week with the death of the queen of rock music, Tina Turner.
The global superstar had suffered from high blood pressure since 1978, and after a stroke in 2009 discovered she had lost 35 per cent kidney function. Tina went onto dialysis for nine months before receiving a kidney transplant in 2017 when her husband Erwin Bach donated one of his kidneys.
