World Kidney Day (WKD)

World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.  The campaign is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March in more than 100 countries on 6 continents.

World Kidney Day will be held on 12 March 2009.  See http://www.worldkidneyday.org/  for more.