The kidneys play an important role in maintaining our overall health. While these bean-shaped organs perform multiple functions, a primary role is filtration, critical to clearing waste such as urea and to keeping the body’s fluids and electrolytes in balance. Good kidney health is essential for everyone, yet today, more than 30 million adults in the U.S. have chronic kidney disease (CKD) , and there has been little new innovation in treating kidney disease in over a decade.

World Immunization Week (WIW) is recognized during the week of April 24–30. It is a good time to reflect on, and recognize our commitment to, the public health value of vaccination. Sponsored by the World Health Organization, the theme of this year’s WIW is “Protected Together, #VaccinesWork.” We fully support this statement, because Janssen believes in the power of vaccines.

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson recognize World Autoimmune Arthritis Day on May 20, 2018, to raise awareness and support the millions of people around the world living with autoimmune forms of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

On May 10, we recognize World Lupus Day by remaining committed to deepening our understanding of lupus, a complex and often misdiagnosed disease affecting more than five million people worldwide.

The world’s inaugural HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) was held 20 years ago. HVAD was created in 1998 to commemorate U.S. President Bill Clinton’s declaration that the world needed – and was capable of finding – an HIV vaccine to help stop the pandemic. He said, “It is no longer a question of whether we can develop an AIDS vaccine, it is simply a question of when. And it cannot come a day too soon.”

On May 19, we recognize World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day at Janssen by shedding light on the more than five million people around the world affected by Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC).

In recent years, Janssen has become well-known for its ongoing efforts to develop investigational vaccines against viruses like HIV and Ebola. But you may not know we are also working to combat bacterial infections.

Two years ago, in January 2017, the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson was proud to support the launch of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Janssen’s Johan Van Hoof explains why – and highlights the progress we’ve made since on epidemic preparedness.

It is often said that we should hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

A little over a decade ago, February 4 was declared World Cancer Day in an effort to raise awareness and education of cancer, and encourage a global unified fight against the disease. During this time as a practicing oncologist, the progress that has been made across multiple subtypes of cancer has truthfully been unimaginable.