A Call to Action to Help Fight Kidney Failure in At-Risk Communities: American Kidney Fund ...

A Call to Action to Help Fight Kidney Failure in At-Risk Communities: American Kidney Fund ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today marks the third annual APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day, a day established by the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to encourage others to be “APOL1 Aware” by educating communities about this…

A call to action to help fight kidney failure in at-risk communities

Newly established AMKD Coalition unites leading voices to address need to heighten awareness of APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD) ROCKVILLE, Md. (April 28, 2026) –  Today marks the third annual APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day, a day established by the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to encourage others to be “APOL1 Aware” by educating communities about this genetic form of rapidly progressing kidney disease. Support for AMKD Awa…

American Kidney Fund Marks Third Annual AMKD Awareness Day, Launches New Coalition to Address Genetic Kidney Disease

ROCKVILLE, Md. — The American Kidney Fund on Tuesday marked the third annual APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day, an initiative aimed at increasing public understanding of a genetic form of kidney disease that disproportionately affects people of African ancestry.The awareness day, observed during National Minority Health Month, seeks to educate communities about AMKD, a rapidly progressing condition linked to variants of the APOL…