A global health awareness campaign observed annually on the second Thursday in March, focused on the importance of the kidneys and on reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. World Kidney Day is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations; 66 countries observed the day in 2006, a number that grew to 88 countries within two years. The campaign aims to raise public awareness that many kidney conditions are treatable, even though kidney disease often receives less attention than other chronic diseases affecting the wider population.
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Classification
Program KindHealth Education Program 1 Program status (class) Connections
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: World Kidney Day
Wikipedia- Wikipedia 'World Kidney Day': annual observance, present tense; checked 2026-09-27.
Wikipedia summary, program classification
World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.
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