 Hello, I am Dr. Mayur Prabhu. I am a consultant nephrologist working at KMC hospitals, Dr. Ambedkar Circle Mangalore and I am here today to share a few thoughts on the World Kidney Day. The World Kidney Day as an event is held every year on the second Thursday of March. This event has been held since 2006 every year. It started out as an initiative between the International Society of Nephrology and International Federation of Kidney Foundations. Beginning with about 66 countries which participated in the first year, today this event is held in more than 150 countries around the globe. This is held at various levels, at the national levels, at the level of national societies, at state societies, local societies, individual hospitals, medical colleges and even individual practitioners and kidney care teams take part in this event every year. Every year the World Kidney Day has a certain theme. This year the theme is kidney health for all. So, what do we mean by kidney health for all and why is this a theme for this year's World Kidney Day? Kidney health should be available to everybody irrespective of any other consideration. It should be a fundamental right for everybody and that is why the theme this year has been kidney health for all. At an individual level, what can you or anybody do to help in increasing the awareness among the lay public about kidney disease? Anybody can be an ambassador for kidney health. It need not be only a nephrologist or a kidney care professional. Anybody can participate in these events, enhance your own individual knowledge about kidney disease and then serve as a medium to help other people to understand, to comprehend more about kidney health and thereby make the society well aware about kidney disease. At your individual level, what can you do? First and foremost is to live a healthy lifestyle, to abstain from alcohol, to abstain from smoking, to manage your stress well, who are diabetic, to watch on your blood sugars, blood pressures need to be monitored regularly. Avoid and minimize stress. Avoid any medications over the counter especially painkillers and always seek appropriate professional advice for any kidney health related issue. This is one way in which we can make the motto of this year's World Kidney Day that is kidney health for all a reality. By making every individual aware about it, by making treatment options and proper expert advice available to everybody irrespective of their financial status or any other consideration. Thank you very much.