Alaska Kidney Patients Association
Wellness and Fitness ServicesAlaska, United States2-10 Employees
The Alaska Kidney Patients Association focuses on supporting kidney patients and their families across Alaska through education and advocacy. Its work includes public education, efforts to increase organ donation, and activities aimed at preventing kidney disease. Founded in 1999, AKPA offers programs such as patient education symposiums, quarterly newsletters, and support groups, and maintains a website with kidney-related education and information on organ donation and transplantation. The association's primary audience is kidney patients and their families in Alaska, but it also engages the broader public and policymakers. Based in Anchorage and operating in the wellness and fitness services industry, it emphasizes community education and advocacy rather than clinical services. Recent and planned developments include advocacy work with state legislators in Juneau and with the Alaska delegation in Washington DC, and the organization plans its first kidney screening later this year.