Learn about the ISN’s work in advocacy below.
Statement of Concern – Political Declaration, United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage
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...
ISN and partners call on UN Secretary General to reject proposal for a “more nuanced” relationship with tobacco industry
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...
Download the second edition of the ISN Global Kidney Policy Forum publication
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...
Leading kidney health advocacy at the WHA 2019
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...