[POP Collect 2025] Bending the Curve: Protecting At-Risk Kidneys
POP Collect
Agency for Integrated Care - Intermediate and Long Term Care
3 June 2025
The NKF Kidney Screening Programme aims to raise awareness of kidney health and enhance community access by integrating. The NKF Kidney Screening Programme has successfully integrated kidney health checks into routine medical services, enabling early.
Year Submitted: 2025
Published Date: 03 June 2025
Tags: Community Health, Preventive Care, Chronic Care, Health Promotion, Public Awareness, Population Health
About this Content
Aims
The NKF Kidney Screening Programme aims to raise awareness of kidney health and enhance community access by integrating kidney function checks into routine medical care. It focuses on early identification of at-risk individuals and providing them with targeted interventions and treatment.
Background
Singapore ranks 5th globally for kidney failure incidence and 4th for prevalence. Approximately 500,000 may already be living with the disease, and more than 9,000 dialysis patients are in Singapore. Over $300 million is spent annually on dialysis.
Methods
The initiative involves integrating kidney function checks into routine medical care, making kidney screening more accessible and convenient for at-risk populations, and creating pathways for timely medical evaluation, lifestyle support, and treatment.
Results
Since March 2024, 3,572 individuals have undergone Serum Creatinine and Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (UACR) tests at participating clinics. The screening detected 517 individuals who may have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and require further evaluation.
Conclusion
The NKF Kidney Screening Programme has successfully integrated kidney health checks into routine medical services, enabling early intervention and management of risk factors to prevent and delay the progression of CKD.
Lessons Learnt
The initiative has helped identify individuals at-risk of kidney disease and enabled early intervention by reducing barriers to screening, particularly those related to awareness and financial access.
Keywords
kidney, early screening, intervention, community health
Innovators' Details
Innovators' Details
Healthcare Cluster(s) | Agency for Integrated Care - Intermediate and Long Term Care |
Organization(s) Involved | National Kidney Foundation (NKF) |
Platform(s) | POP Collect |
Healthcare Professional Group(s) | Allied Health |
Applicable Specialty or Discipline | Nephrology |
Project Lead(s) | Joyce Ong |
Project Member(s) | Et al. |
Connect with this contributor!
Joyce Ong - joyce.ong@nkfs.org
Project Attachment
56_NKF_PoPCollect_Bending_the_Curve_Protecting_At-Risk_Kidneys.pdf