The fifteenth edition of World Kidney Day takes place on Thursday, March 12, 2020. This global campaign highlights the importance of kidneys to overall health and raises awareness of risk factors to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems. The 2020 campaign focuses on preventive interventions to avoid the onset and progression of kidney...
All are warmly invited to join ISN at the Mannekin Pis, a public fountain statue and well-loved icon in the heart of Brussels, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2020, as part of ISN’s WKD campaign. Mannekin Pis will dress up in World Kidney Day colors to grab the attention of passers-by at this...
ISN was invited and pleased to attend the 146th Session of the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) from February 3-8, 2020. This year the EB Meeting addressed topics extremely relevant to kidney patients, such as the advancement of primary care and the implementation of the recent Political Declaration on Universal Health...
The third Global Noncommunicable Diseases Alliance (NCDA) Forum is being held in Sharja, UAE, from February 9 to 11, 2020. ISN, a partner of the NCDA, joined the Forum to represent kidney diseases worldwide. The theme of the Forum was “Bridging the Gap” and focused on ways to accelerate the translation of political commitment into action, especially in light...
On February 8, WKD launched #MyGr8Rule challenge urging everyone around the globe, of all ages and from all cultures, to look after their kidneys and prevent kidney disease. To participate in the #MyGr8Rule challenge: Accomplish one of the 8 golden rules of keeping kidneys healthy and preventing kidney disease such as keeping active, quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet etc. Take a picture...
Celebrate World Kidney Day (WKD) by organizing an awareness event in your community: a sports event, a concert, a roundtable talk, a flash mob, or even a street fest. If you need help organizing a World Kidney Day event, download the 2020 “events guide”. If you’ve already planned your event, please add it to the interactive...
Meaghan Lunney, from the University of Alberta, Canada, presenting the abstract on ISN’s Global Kidney Health Atlas 2019, “Current Status of ESKD Care in World Countries and Regions,” during the morning session on November 9 at Kidney Week 2019. Thanks to all those who visited the ISN booth in Washington, as well as all the...
ISN was well represented at the 15th Congress of AFRAN which was recently held in Mombasa. The ISN President, Professor Vivek Jha, as well as numerous other leaders and members of the ISN community were in attendance. This congress, jointly organized by the African Association of Nephrology (AFRAN) and the African Pediatric Nephrology Association (AFPNA),...
Source: Kidney International Kitty J. Jager, Csaba Kovesdy, Robyn Langham, Mark Rosenberg, Vivekanand Jha, Carmine Zoccali Abstract On a world scale the total number of individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), acute kidney injury (AKI), and those on renal replacement therapy (RRT) exceeds 850 million, a truly concerning figure that is twice the estimated number of people with...
As part of a partnership with the Indonesian Society of Nephrology (PERNEFRI) aiming to increase access to integrated kidney care programs in Indonesia, the ISN and PERNEFRI have launched an initiative towards achieving ‘Centers of Excellence’ in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) across Indonesia’s 13 geographically-diverse districts. 13 key institutions (one in each district) have been...
ISN Ex-President David Harris and Oceania and South East Asia Regional Board Chair Adrian Liew traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia on June 27th, 2019 to co-facilitate a one-day stakeholder meeting together with the Indonesian Society of Nephrology (PERNEFRI) with the goal of developing a roadmap for integrated kidney care in Indonesia. The meeting included 54...
ISN urges member states to truly uphold to their commitment to ‘leave no-one behind’. On NCDs, the declaration stresses mainly 5 disease groups without recognising that 55% of the global NCD burden arises from other NCDs, which often co-exist with and amplify the morbidity of the big 5. With 850.000.000 people affected worldwide,...
Given the ISN’s core mission of advancing worldwide kidney health, it is essential that it has a presence and voice at those key events that are shape global health policy. Few organizations are as influential as the United Nations. From September 17–24, 2019, the UN will hold its General Assembly in New York. Here,...
This second edition of the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) 2019 focuses on improving understanding of the regional burden of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and the capacity for care delivery. The latest findings will help encourage relevant stakeholders across countries and regions to advocate for improved access to and quality of kidney care. The...
The International Society of Nephrology is very concerned about the current state of negotiations on the Political Declaration for the first United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UN HLM on UHC). Kidney disease, which affects over 850.000 million people worldwide, is the 11th leading cause of death globally and is projected to become...
Secretary General Antonio Guterres United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 Dear Secretary-General Guterres, On behalf of the members of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, we are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by a letter on the role of the tobacco industry in the United Nation’s (UN) 2030 Agenda that you received from the outgoing...
The second ISN Global Kidney Policy Forum publication is now available. Building on the first ISN Global Kidney Policy Forum, which took place in Mexico City in 2017, participants in the 2019 Forum in Melbourne addressed equitable access to kidney care, including the prevention, detection and management in Australia, New Zealand, and South East...
The 72nd World Health Assembly took place in Geneva from May 20 to 28, 2019. Discussions relevant to the kidney community focused on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), primary care and access to medicines as well the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The ISN, in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), distributed...
Today, we are celebrating Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 10% of the world’s adult population: it is the 12th cause of death worldwide, and its impact on patients and their families can be devastating. Acute kidney injury (AKI), an important driver of CKD, affects over 13 million people worldwide...
ISN recently participated in the 144th World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting that took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from January 24 to February 1st, 2019. This was a valuable opportunity to highlight the case of kidney disease worldwide, calling for integrated action on prevention, early detection and management. During the meeting, ISN was asked to...
