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Kidney Relief in Disasters Task Force

Kidney Relief in Disasters Task Force

About us

Shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine the ERA established the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force. Its mission was to support people with kidney disease and the nephrology community in Ukraine. Today, the situation for kidney patients in Ukraine is more stable and therefore there is no urgent need for specific intervention.

After a recent meeting of the latter Task Force, a unanimous decision was reached to change its name to the “Kidney Relief in Disasters Task Force”. This name signifies an expanded mission, encompassing the continued support of renal patients and their healthcare professionals across countries within the ERA’s geographical jurisdiction facing natural and/or man-made disasters.

If you are in need of help, please contact us.

Contacts

krdtf@era-online.org

Regulations & Resources

Guiding documents for doctors and nurses

Recommendations

  1. Recommendations for the management of crush victims in mass disasters (M. S Sever – R. Vanholder) – English version
  2. Recommendations for the management of crush victims in mass disasters (M. S Sever – R. Vanholder) – Short field English version
  3. Recommendations for the management of crush victims in mass disasters (M. S Sever – R. Vanholder) – Russian version

Slide shows

  1. AKI in disasters Slideshow (M. S Sever – R. Vanholder)

Publications for doctors and nurses

  1. “Conflict Nephrology”, Seminars in Nephrology (S. H. Koubar, M. H. Sayegh)
  2. The disasters of war. On kidney patients in the Ukrainian–Russian war. Journal of Nephrology (2022). (Piccoli Giorgina Barbara, La Manna Gaetano)
  3. War in Ukraine: the price of dialysis patients’ survival. Journal of Nephrology. (Natalia Stepanova)
  4. Wars and kidney patients: a statement by the European Kidney Health Alliance related to the Russian‑Ukrainian conflict. Journal of Nephrology (2022). (R. Vanholder, D. Gallego, M. S. Sever)
  5. Disaster preparedness and evacuation plan (DPEP) in haemodialysis units: patients’ emergency self-disconnection through “Clamp and Cut” procedure. (Anastasia Liossatou and Evgenia Golland). EDTNA/ERCA

For Public and Relief Coordinators

  1. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)
  2. EKHA & EKPF open letter ‘Protecting Chronic Kidney Disease patients amid the conflict in Ukraine’
  3. Help for Ukraine – Допомога Україні

For patients

Infographic

  1. Armed conflicts and patients living with kidney disease (Infographic – Mehmet Şükrü Sever)
  2. Armed conflicts and patients living with kidney disease (Infographic – Mehmet Şükrü Sever) – French version
  3. Armed conflicts and patients living with kidney disease (Infographic – Mehmet Şükrü Sever) – Ukranian version

Slide show

  1. Armed conflicts and pediatric dialysis/renal transplant patients (Slide show – Lale Sever)

Task Force Members

Mehmet Şükrü Sever

Mehmet Şükrü Sever

Chair
Türkiye

Dina Abdellatif, Egypt

Mabel Aoun, France

Martin Ford, United Kingdom

Giuseppe Grandaliano, Italy

Rümeyza Kazancioğlu, Türkiye

Valerie Luyckx, Switzerland

Ewa Pawlowicz-Szlarska, Poland

Andrej Skoberne, Slovenia

Raymond Vanholder, Belgium