La Isla Network

We 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, we are improving working conditions and supporting the creation and enforcement of policies required to protect those affected. Learn more at laislanetwork.org. La Isla Network evolved from La Isla Foundation in 2016. The organizations name comes from a community in Nicaragua where so many men have died of CKDu 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 worked in Nicaragua to generate knowledge about the causes of CKDu and develop strategies to confront it locally, from disease prevalence studies and labor rights assessments to clean water well installations and alternative skills training programs. Simultaneously, the Foundation brought the worlds attention to the CKDu crisis, facilit...