Every month the ISN-ACT Team lists interesting new randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from around the world. Highlight: Corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide may be superior to tacrolimus and rituximab in the treatment of primary membranous nephropathy at the cost of increased adverse events See the latest trials here. A summary of the highlighted trial is now available in French, Mandarin,...
Regional training centers are institutions of excellence in low and middle-income countries within an ISN region which: Provide nephrology training to local doctors and health professionals from low and middle-income countries through ISN grants. Serve as a hub for ISN kidney care initiatives within an ISN region. Facilitate locally-relevant research and advocacy strategies. Have program director and senior...
The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health (GCCH), of which ISN is a member, has been calling on governments to do more to address the growing concern of cardiovascular diseases (including diabetes) since its creation in 2017. The urgent need to address cardiovascular diseases has become even more pressing this year as a result of...
Despite the recent advances in the management CKD in T2D, there are residual risks that need to be tackled by new therapies. This webinar will review the role of MRAs, including data from recent clinical trials, on the treatment of the progression of CKD in T2D. Learning objectives: Describe the current understanding of the mechanisms involved in...
The ISN released a companion ISN Journals eDigest last week to coincide with the December issue of Kidney International dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic. Packed with complementary material, including visual abstracts, video abstract, and podcast, the ISN Journals eDigest content is also available on the ISN website. Look out for more ISN Journal eDigests in the...
As many of us worldwide are looking at holidays spent closer to or at home, treat yourself to a well-deserved gift of ISN membership. As an ISN member, you’ll have access to our outstanding publications, online learning at the ISN Academy, and member discounts for events such as the upcoming Virtual WCN’21. But more importantly,...
Don’t miss out on WCN’21’s outstanding plenary speakers and content. Enjoy award-winning speakers as they share expert insights at Virtual WCN'21. Register here. Professor Sofia Ahmed, University of Calgary, Canada: "Sex and gender in nephrology: proper care or propaganda?" A recipient of the 2020 American Society of Nephrology Distinguished Mentor Award, Professor Sofia Ahmed is a strong proponent...
CORONATION, developed by the ISN in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, is the Coronavirus global observational registry, a data entry portal accessible to nephrologists worldwide to collect anonymous data on individual people with kidney disease and the COVID-19 infection. The initiative was set up in response to the growing need to gather data to...
The World Kidney Day (WKD) 2021 social media toolkit is now available on the WKD website. The toolkit contains information and resources to develop your social media campaign to raise awareness of kidney health and spread WKD’s message: Living well with kidney disease. The toolkit proposes ideas to help you create your own social media campaign, including visuals...
The ISN welcomes the European Commission’s “Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe,” released on November 25, 2020. Aspects of the strategy’s objectives are reflective of ISN’s vision of equitable access to kidney health and include: Re-thinking policies to stimulate innovation in areas of need, and patient-centered, health system-oriented pharmaceutical innovation to address long-term care settings. Investing in research and...
The ISN is currently calling for applications from health care centers to become recognized as an ISN Regional Training Center. The deadline to apply is January 8, 2021. Find full eligibility criteria and guidelines on how to apply here. ISN Regional Training Centers provide nephrology training to local doctors and health professionals in low, lower-middle, or upper-middle-income...
To honor 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, the ISN continues to present accounts from nurses around the world: Laughing as a group while on dialysis sounds a little strange. How can you pretend to laugh? How can you laugh when you’re in pain, feel tired, and are stuck to a...
The 4th Asia Pacific AKI CRRT conference will take place from December 13-15, 2020, in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is presented by the Nephrology Society of Thailand (NST) and the Thai Society of Critical Care Medicine and CRRT Inc., in collaboration with the ISN, the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN), the Kidney Foundation of...
Read the full report, “The changing faces and places of renal medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic” here. James Tollitt, a renal consultant at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, a large teaching hospital in the North West of the United Kingdom, describes challenges experienced during the second wave of the pandemic and the solutions implemented in...
Healthcare centers are requested to submit applications for consideration to become recognized as an ISN Regional Training Center The deadline to apply is January 8, 2021. If your center is interested in applying, see full eligibility criteria and guidelines on how to apply here. Become recognized as a training center of excellence and: Provide nephrology training to local doctors...
850 million is not just a number; it is a fact, a fact that underlines that there are more than 850 million people who suffer from some form of kidney disease, which is increasing every year. ASN, ERA-EDTA, and ISN have joined forces to raise awareness on the importance and impact of kidney diseases in...
We appreciate the great number of abstracts already submitted, confirming that Virtual WCN’21 will be a vibrant meeting for learning and exchange in 2021. To accommodate a number of requests, the submission platform will remain accessible over the coming days. If you have missed the deadline to make your submissions, you still have a...
Don’t miss the December issue of Kidney International dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic. The special edition will include original papers presenting data from recent studies involving large sample sizes. Conclusions from the studies will be highlighted by accompanying commentary from Dan Weiner and Caroline Hsu from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, USA, and Toby Coates,...
82 Hours Remaining to Present Your Work to a Worldwide Audience Last year, ~1000 abstracts were showcased in Kidney International Reports. Would you like to be published in the April 2021 edition? Kidney International Reports publishes all selected abstracts. Selected abstracts will be presented as e-posters on the virtual congress platform throughout the event and for several weeks afterward. Poster...
ISN President, Vivekanand Jha, spoke at the online event “Leaving No-one Behind: The Need for a Person-Centred, Inclusive NCD Agenda Confirmation” organized by the NCD Alliance on November 5, 2020. This roundtable event focused on the challenges of the current NCD response and key opportunities and solutions to go beyond a siloed NCD agenda, notably...
