YOUTH VOLUNTEERING ACCREDITATION 15
APRIL
2010
Some
young people at the graduation on 15 April 2010 in Norwich, UK.
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DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AWARDS GRANT
TO AFREKID
 The Department
of Health has awarded a 3-year grant to AFREKID for public
awareness of circulatory conditions with focus on high blood
pressure and kidney disease encouraging people seek help
earlier when they have symptoms but importantly to emphasise on
prevention and early detection. High blood pressure is one of
the two leading cause of kidney failure in African communities.
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YOUTH VOLUNTEERING
ACCREDITATION SCHEME
AFREKID received a grant from Global Charities,
Inspiring a Million More Young Volunteers to provide volunteer
accreditation for young people. Twenty five (25) young people graduated
after completing the programme, please click <here >>
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AFRICA HEALTH DRIVE & KIDNEY
PROJECT
 AFREKID will form part of Africa Health Drive (AHD) to raise
profile of Health for All.
Graciano will be driving
over 50,000 miles with a team of volunteers across Africa
and Europe to bring awareness of health.<more>>
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MYH9 GENE VARIATIONS & KIDNEY DISEASE IN AFRICANS
 New research on the MYH9 gene—and its implications for the
screening and possible prevention of kidney disease in the African
American population—was summarized in a press briefing at the American
Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in
Philadelphia, PA on 7 November 2008. These
discoveries have major public health implications because of the high
frequency of MYH9 variants among African Americans with kidney disease: up
to 60 percent, compared with four percent of Caucasian.
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ABOUT AFREKID
Africa
Resource for Kidney Diseases (AFREKID) is a renal resource
organisation for African communities founded by
Graciano Masauso
in 2005. AFREKID's main aim is to
support African kidney patients and promote kidney
awareness among African communities and to influence service
provision and policy-making in renal care and service in the
Diaspora and further initiate and develop renal
replacement programmes in Africa.
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