KIDNEY DESEASE


Kidney Disease

Introduction : Startling Facts

Some Common Kidney Diseases

How do you get it?

How is it treated?

How should you take your medicines

How to avoid it?

More Info...


About our kidneys: Kidney disease can kill - take care of your kidneys and enjoy a long and healthy life... Read more


From the patients perspective……



 



Welcome to the website of the National Kidney Foundation of South Africa.

We hope visitors to our site will find interesting information of a clinical nature, as well as useful and interesting advice on preventing kidney disease, through healthy eating and lifestyle. Our ultimate objective is to prevent kidney disease and assist in the treatment of kidney patients, especially the poor. We do this through education and awareness, research grants, funding of treatment, and support for the indigent. Knowledge is power, and to this end we also support the development of outreach programmes, international contact and the establishment of a kidney disease registry.

To all our donors, benefactors and partners in the past a warm word of thanks for their support. Without you we would not have been able to do what we have done.

"There is a difference between passive goodness and active goodness, which is, in my opinion, the giving of one's time and energy in the alleviation of pain and suffering. It entails going out, finding, and helping those who are suffering and in danger, and not merely in leading an exemplary life in a purely passive way by doing no wrong." - Sir Nicholas Winton. If you would like to live out these wise words you can show your support by making a donation.



FUNDING - YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Funding is a vital element of the National Kidney Foundation of South Africa and we appeal to anyone connected with or interested in Kidney Health to support us financially in any of the following ways:

  • By making a once-off donation;
  • By making a monthly or annual donation; or
  • By leaving a donation in your will.

Please contact us at nkfsa@mweb.co.za for more information on how to do this.

WHAT TO EAT...

As weight loss diets go, high protein plans seem to have more staying power - but so do questions about their safety. One concern is for your kidneys, since it is their primary function to filter out protein by-products... Read more
NKFSA PROJECTS:

Exciting new projects & projects, including World Kidney Day. Read more

NKFSA RESEARCH GRANTS:

To see when applications for research grants can be submitted – see the News & Events page. Read more
KIDNEY ASSOCIATIONS:
  • Cape Kidney Association
  • Gauteng Kidney Association
  • KZN Kidney Association

For more information on the regional associations Click Here

The National Kidney Foundation of South Africa would like to thank the NLDTF for the funding of this website.