National Kidney Disease Education Program Launches New Spanish-Language Initiative

“Spanish-language initiative of the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), National Institutes of Health, includes a website and brochure that highlight the connection between kidney disease and its primary risk factors — diabetes and hypertension. The NKDEP is launching this national effort to raise awareness of kidney disease among Hispanic Americans.

“Many people who have been diagnosed with diabetes or high blood pressure don’t know that these conditions put them at risk for kidney disease,” said Josephine P. Briggs, M.D., a kidney specialist and director of NIDDK’s Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases. “These new resources help make that connection. We want people at risk to know that there are steps they can take to help protect their kidneys.”"

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