Learn below about activities organized by the ISN’s 10 Regional Boards occurring across the globe.
Daily life of doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Malawi
Having returned from spending a month working with the renal team Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, I wanted to blog about what nephrologists and nephrology researchers are up against in the country. I had the pleasure of working with a dedicated team of people on a current research study focusing on children suffering from...
CENCAM releases statement from Mesoamerican Nephropathy Workshop
The final board statement of the Consortium for the Epidemic of Nephropathy in Central America and Mexico / Consorcio de la Epidemia de la Nefropatía en Centroamérica y México (CENCAM) group in relation to chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown origin or mesoamerican nephropathy has been released for communication. ISN recently co-sponsored this event. This...
APSN co-funds SRC centers in OSEA region
This year, the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) will co-fund eight ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) from OSEA, South Asia and North & East Asia. Following the recent call for applications, APSN will now continue co-sponsoring seven pairs and lend its support to a new partnership between the Zainoel Abidin Provincial Hospital, Banda Aceh...
SYL project at the first international dialysis course in Senegal
The Aristide Le Dantec hospital in Dakar hosted a dialysis workshop with the Senegal Society of Nephrology. Peritoneal and hemodialysis were the main focus. A Saving Young Lives (SYL) session presented the challenges and opportunities of setting up an AKI treatment program in Western Africa, while it emphasized the value of peritoneal dialysis (PD). SYL...
Our Sister Transplant Program in Gaza in the news
The Royal Liverpool University has been working together with the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza since 2013. Read 'The Guardian' report of Salim, a member of the Liverpool team during their last visit to Gaza in February: CLICK HERE to read the article in The Guardian. This program was made possible thanks to a growing ISN-TTS Sister...
China and US centers support each other to provide nephrology training
Earlier this January, several ISN Continuing Medical Education courses took place across China in Shanghai, Jiaxing and Hangzhou. These meetings were made possible thanks to a valuable partnership between the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Ruijin Hospital Jiao Tong University, Chang Zheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University and the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University. Lectures...
Vascular access symposium and workshop in Kuwait
The Kuwait Nephrology Association organized a two-day symposium and workshop on vascular access in Kuwait. The workshop was planned as an initiative by ISN’s Middle East Regional Board and the Interventional Nephrology Committee to improve dialysis access care in the Middle East. The key objective of the meeting was to start a formal dialogue between...
CKDu in Sri Lanka’s population
On December 16, 2015, Georgi Abraham and I had the honor of being invited to discussions with Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena, the country’s Minister of Health as well as the leadership of the Sri Lankan Society of Nephrology. We set out to address issues related to the epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined...