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On the occasion of World Kidney Day 2026, the country’s leading kidney-focused voluntary organization, Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS), organized colorful rallies and street meetings today (Thursday) at different locations in the capital city, Dhaka.
The theme of World Kidney Day 2026 is “Kidney Health for All – Caring the people, Protecting the planet” In light of this theme, KAMPS has arranged its programs.
The rally started from the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka and marched through different parts of the city including Mohammadpur and Shahbagh.
The rally was led by Professor Dr. M. A. Samad, Founder and President of KAMPS, and was attended by nearly a hundred participants from various professions. At one stage of the rally, a street meeting was held where Professor Dr. M. A. Samad delivered his speech.
In his speech, he said that kidney disease is becoming a serious health problem in Bangladesh, and climate change has emerged as a new and alarming threat to this. Diabetes, high blood pressure, infections, adulterated food, and pesticides—along with heat waves, salinity, and scarcity of safe drinking water—are accelerating the prevalence of kidney diseases.
Data suggests, approximately 38 million people in the country are suffering from some form of kidney disease. Among them, around 40,000 patients become dependent on dialysis every year.
He also stated that about 24,000 to 30,000 patients suddenly develop acute kidney failure and require temporary dialysis. On the other hand, if people remain aware of the extent, severity, consequences, and causes of kidney disease and maintain a healthy lifestyle, 60–70 percent of these fatal kidney diseases can be prevented.
Dr. M. A. Samad said that treatment for kidney failure is extremely expensive, and many families become financially devastated while trying to bear the cost of treatment. Therefore, KAMPS aims to spread its slogan “Kidney disease destroys life – Prevention is the hope for survival” to every household. In other words, kidney failure can be prevented by detecting kidney disease at an early stage and providing proper treatment. For this, mass awareness is essential.
He further stated that it will be very difficult to control kidney disease unless the prevalence of diabetes and high blood pressure is reduced. Lack of awareness is the main reason—we know but we do not follow the advice; even when we know the risks, we avoid testing. However, if kidney disease is detected in the first or second stage, it can be treated, but once it progresses to the third stage or beyond, it can no longer be completely cured.
