Amirhesam Alirezaei
*1 Clinical Research and Development Center at Shahid Modarres Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
World kidney day is a global health campaign focused on raising awareness of kidney
diseases, their prevalence and associated burdens in the world and planning to improve
them. Each year, world kidney day is held on second Thursday of March, which has
coincided with 8th of March, the international day of women. As a result, on the 13th
anniversary of this campaign, kidney diseases in women will be the center of attention,
with a special focus on chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Please cite this paper as: Alirezaei A. World kidney day 2018; chronic kidney disease and
women, the long way we have come. J Nephropathol. 2018;7(1):15-16. DOI: 10.15171/
jnp.2018.05.