Multicultural Program Raises Awareness  September 10‚ 2003: Add kidney disease to the list of illnesses disproportionately affecting African Americans. While kidney failure strikes 400,000 Americans, people of color are nearly five times more likely to require dialysis or a kidney transplant than Caucasians. Read more in The Portland Observer (click on "Metro", then select "Additional Stories").

MIKE Program Targets At-Risk Youth  As we observer National Kidney Month this March, the number of people in the United States on dialysis for treatment of kidney failure has doubled every decade since 1980 and will do so again in this decade. Read more in the Southwest Neighborhood News, March 2004 edition.

Preventing Disease Starts with Early Education  It's a small program with a big message: Kidney disease is epidemic. In the past two decades the number of people on dialysis or needing a kidney transplant has doubled in each decade.

But Dr. Cheryl R. Neal believes if students learn early that they can prevent kidney disease, the statistics will slow down. Read more in The Skanner, March 3, 2004 edition.

The MIKE Program is a partner in the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Kidney Disease Education Program, www.nkdep.nih.gov.