Learn below about activities organized by the ISN’s 10 Regional Boards occurring across the globe.
Saving Young Lives dialysis course taking place in Cape Town
The 2016 edition of Clinical Dialysis Skills Course has kicked off in South Africa today. An initiative supported by the Saving Young Lives (SYL) initiative and organized by the Red Cross Children’s War Memorial Hospital in Cape Town under the leadership of Mignon McCulloch. More than 15 pairs of doctors and nurses from all over...
World Kidney Fund: Help fund CKD research in India
Dr. Pradeep Shenoy, from the K.S. Hedge Medical Academy in Mangalore, is seeking support to gather crucial data to demonstrate how much heavy metals contribute to the progression of chronic kidney disease in India. Donate to World Kidney Fund and you can help raise the money for this project, CLICK HERE.
ISN ANIO apprenticeships: hands-on training for India’s renal pathologists
As a young pathologist working at Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai and through her ties with ISN ANIO Programs, Priyanka Koshy got the opportunity to gain further training at the University of Vanderbilt. She explains how Prof. Georgi Abraham, head of Madras Medical Mission’s Institute of Kidney, Urology and Organ Transplantation, gave her the...
SRC Minsk-Berlin pair join IV Congress of Association of Nephrologists of New Independent States
Nephrologists from the ISN Sister Renal Center partnership between the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Minsk, Belarus and the Charite Clinic in Berlin, Germany brought their experience and knowledge of modern nephrology to this yearly gathering. Klemens Budde, who leads the support center, spoke about complications of renal transplantation. In the dialysis section, Torsten...
ISN Regional Workshop and CME in Sarajevo
The city of Sarajevo was the location for a recent ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) course, updating local nephrologists on the latest in nephrology care. It was also a chance for participants to take part in the ISN Regional Workshop and discover more about ISN Program activities in Eastern and Central Europe. Prof. Fred Finkelstein...
Non-communicable disease in rural Tanzania: the urgent need for more diagnostic tests
As part of the East African Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (EADTMH), we are currently part of a group investigating the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Muheza District of northeastern Tanzania, and looking into the health system’s preparedness for their management. This is the first year of the course, in which a...
RDRTF response to disaster in central Italy
Following the earthquake that struck central Italy on August 24, 2016, the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) issued its response to the disaster and a status update on kidney patients in the region. ISN RDRTF Chair Wim Van Biesen said that he had been in contact with the President of the Italian Society...
SAMA Renal Review & Update Course, 2016
The SAMA Renal Review and Update course took place recently. Every year, this ISN endorsed meeting sets out to enhance renal education and training in Sudan. The course is organized by the Sudanese American Medical Association (SAMA) in partnership with the Sudanese Nephrology Society and the Sudan Medical Specialization Board. SAMA is a non-profit professional organization...