American Kidney Fund Launches National Kidney Health Equity Media Campaign
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As part of its longstanding commitment to kidney health equity, the American Kidney Fund (AKF) has launched a national media campaign aimed at bringing greater awareness of kidney disease within Black and Hispanic/Latino communities, the two groups most disproportionately affected by kidney failure in the United States.
- ROCKVILLE, Md., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As part of its longstanding commitment to kidney health equity, the American Kidney Fund (AKF) has launched a national media campaign aimed at bringing greater awareness of kidney disease within Black and Hispanic/Latino communities, the two groups most disproportionately affected by kidney failure in the United States.
- A central piece of AKF’s Kidney Health for All™ program, this yearlong campaign focuses on prevention and disease management and will include national TV, streaming and radio PSAs, digital advertising, video in primary care doctor’s offices, and ads on billboards and public transit in metropolitan areas with high rates of kidney disease.
- “Our message is clear: ‘We don’t just believe in Kidney Health for All – we work to achieve it,’” said LaVarne A. Burton, AKF President and CEO.
- “Through these awareness efforts, we hope to educate Americans, particularly those in communities where rates of end-stage kidney disease are high, that dialysis is not evitable.