Advocacy Activities

ISN joins Brazilian Society of Nephrology at the Congresso Pauliste de Nefrologia

The XVII Congresso Paulista de Nefrologia was recently hosted in Atibaia, Brazil. The meeting is the annual meeting of Sociedado de Nefrologia do Estado de Sao Paulo (SONESP), a major meeting for the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (BSN), and includes physicians, nurses, dieticians and other allied health professionals. The opening ceremonies included a formal presentation...

WHO Action plan 2013-2020

The UN High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda recently released its report (CLICK HERE), which identifies reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as priority. The Lancet Series on Global Kidney Disease highlights the increasing burden of chronic kidney disease worldwide. The 2011 report of the WHO General Assembly on NCDs also identified chronic...

IHTEF to link the Haberal Legacy in Transplantation to the Declaration of Istanbul

We are pleased to announce that The International Haberal Transplantation and Education Foundation (IHTEF) is to support the work of the Declaration of Istanbul through the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG). Pictured here on July 20, 2013, Professor Mehmet Haberal (center) is the Founder of IHTEF. Feyyaz Artukoglu will be a key representative of the Foundation and...

ECDA letter to European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) has prepared and sent a letter to the ENVI Committee members of the European Parliament to raise awareness on the importance to deliver a strong Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), that is focussed on the health of European Citizens and not on economic gains. The letter was sent today and the ENVI Committee members will...