Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:00
Matthew Brabham, (pictured right) with his father Geoff Brabham, a Le Mans and Bathurst 1000 winner, will join Kidney Health Australia on the steps of the Victorian Parliament to make a noise about kidney disease and launch the 2010 campaign message 'Protect Your Kidneys Control Diabetes' with the roar of his Formula Ford.
Type 2 Diabetes is the primary diagnosis causing kidney disease in 20-40% of people starting treatment for end stage renal disease worldwide. In Australia, the number of new Type 2 Diabetes patients starting dialysis increased 5-fold between 1993 and 2007.
Launch of World Kidney Day
1.00pm Thursday 11
March 2010
Steps of the
Victorian Parliament, Spring Street,
Melbourne.