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People near you who know what living with Chronic kidney disease is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Germany
- Bundesverband Niere e.V.German self-help organisation of dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients, offering counselling and support to people with kidney disease.All of Germany
- Junge Nierenkranke Deutschland e.V.German self-help association for young adults (18+) with kidney diseases and their relatives, offering seminars, regional groups and events.All of Germany
- Landesverband Niere Bayern e.V.Bavarian association of kidney patients, especially on dialysis or after transplant, with regional groups, advocacy, holiday dialysis info and organ donation promotion.All of Germany
- Landesverband Niere Thüringen e.V.Self-help association in Thuringia supporting (pre-)dialysis patients, kidney transplant recipients and relatives with advice, local groups and organ donation education.All of Germany
- Niere Baden-Württemberg e.V.Volunteer self-help association in Baden-Württemberg for people with chronic kidney disease and their relatives, with regional groups and meetups.All of Germany
- Nierenkinder – Selbsthilfe nierenkranker Kinder und Jugendlicher e.V.Hannover-based self-help association for parents of chronically kidney-ill children and affected adolescents, offering exchange, information events and seminars.All of Germany
- Sächsischer Landesverband Niere e.V.Saxon self-help association for dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients, offering information, member groups, patient companions and experience reports.All of Germany
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Germany and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Chronic kidney disease.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Chronic kidney disease to compare with. Family and friends can help.