La Isla Network is dedicated to ending the epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDnT) through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach.

They are improving working conditions, standardizing research protocols, supporting responsible transitions to modernized industrial practices, and providing data-driven policy recommendations to address the CKDnT crisis.

La Isla Network evolved from La Isla Foundation in 2016. The organization’s name comes from a community in Nicaragua where so many men have died of CKDnT that locals call it ‘La Isla de Viudas,’ or The Island of Widows. 

For eight years, a team of La Isla Foundation specialists in public health and human rights have worked in Nicaragua to generate knowledge about the causes of CKDnT and develop strategies to confront it locally. These strategies include disease prevalence studies and labor rights assessments, clean water well installations, and alternative skills training programs. Simultaneously, the Foundation brought the world’s attention to the CKDnT crisis, facilitating reports by major media outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian (UK), Al Jazeera, and National Geographic.

Mission

They are generating, supporting, and executing evidence-driven solutions to end the fatal CKDnT epidemic by understanding the scale and impact of the disease and its causes. In the process, they are improving working conditions and supporting the creation and enforcement of policies required to protect those affected.

Vision

They envision a world in which all workers at risk of CKDnT are protected and what they have learned through their efforts is adapted to protect other groups facing public and occupational health crises.

Contact

Address:
8255 Newport Bay Passage
Alpharetta GA 30005

Telephone:
1-347-585-7465