ISN’s Joint Statement – Maternal infant and young child nutrition – at the WHO EB150
Joint Statement on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition at WHO EB150
ISN Statement – Draft recommendations on how to strengthen the design and implementation of NCD policies in Humanitarian Emergencies – at the WHO EB150
WHO EB150 - NCDs in Humanitarian Emergencies ISN
ISN Statement – Consideration of the benefits of developing a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness – at the WHA Special Session
ISN Statement WHA Special Session 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2021
ISN Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Social Determinants of Health
74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 22.1 Social Determinants of Health Honorable Chair, distinguished delegates, The ISN urges the WHO and Member States to adopt the resolution on Social Determinants of Health and accelerate action to tackle the root causes of kidney failure, alongside efforts to reduce the burden of the disease. Social, environmental, and economic...
ISN, Alongside its Partners, Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Diabetes Prevention and Management, Including Access to Insulin
74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 13.2 Resolution on Diabetes Prevention and Management, Including Access to Insulin Honourable Chair, distinguished Delegates, The International Diabetes Federation, on behalf of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations, International Association for Dental Research, International Society of Nephrology, FDI World Dental Federation, World Heart Federation, World Stroke Organisation, and supported...
ISN Urges the 74th WHA to Take Immediate Actions to Advance Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health
74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 16 Committing to implementation of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016−2030) Honorable Chair, distinguished delegates, The ISN welcomes the report by the WHO Director-General on Committing to implementation of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and reiterates its support for the...
ISN, Alongside its Partners, Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Patient Safety
74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 13. 1 Global Action on Patient Safety The International Alliance of Patients Organizations and nine Non-State Actors in Official Relationship with WHO forming a Constituency to Agenda item 13.1 welcome and endorse the decision made by the 148th Session of the Executive Board on 21 January 2021 to...
ISN, Alongside its Partners, Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Strengthening WHO’s Global Emergency Preparedness and Response
74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 17.3 Strengthening WHO’s global emergency preparedness and response WHA74_GCCH Joint Statement on Strengthening WHO’s global emergency preparedness and response
ISN, Alongside its Partners, Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Oral Health
74th World Health Assembly Joint Statement on Item 13.2 Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases – Oral health ISN-FDI-IADR_Statement_WHA74_13.2_NCDs_Oral_Health_Final
Joint Presidential Statement by the International Society of Nephrology and the World Hypertension League on World Hypertension Day
World Hypertension Day 17 May 2021 Joint Presidential Statement by the International Society of Nephrology and the World Hypertension League World Hypertension Day 2021 is May 17th, and represents a great opportunity for the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the World Hypertension League (WHL) to exhibit the synergistic impact on global health. The partnership of the...
ISN President Calls for the Protection of Dialysis Patients in Myanmar
The ISN President wrote to the WHO Director-General to highlight the catastrophic impact of the ongoing civil unrest in Myanmar, and the brutal military response, upon the country’s ~ 2000 dialysis patients, and to call for the WHO’s support in convincing the Myanmar military to minimize disruption to this vital healthcare treatment. Dialysis Patients in...
ISN President Writes to WHO Member States to Highlight the Links between Kidney Disease and Diabetes
The ISN President, Professor Vivekanand Jha, wrote to over 70 WHO Member States ahead of the launch of the WHO's Global Diabetes Compact on April 14. Professor Jha flagged that diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney failure globally, and highlighted the importance of collaborative working to tackle the sourge of diabetes and,...
ISN Joins Call for Action to EU Commissioner Ms Stella Kyriakides to Reduce the Burden of CKD
As part of the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA), ISN supports its Call to Action to: Develop an EU working group (facilitated by EKHA) that will collaborate to design a plan (to be adopted by the EU Commission before the next European elections) to reduce the burden of CKD for patients and society by: Awareness by...
Statement by the International Society of Nephrology and the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health on the EU-led Draft Resolution on Strengthening WHO Preparedness for and Response to Health Emergencies
74th World Health Assembly Statement on the EU-led Draft Resolution on Strengthening WHO Preparedness for and Response to Health Emergencies As Members of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, The International Diabetes Federation, The International Society for Nephrology, The World Heart Federation and The World Stroke Organization thank you for the opportunity to provide inputs on...
Statement by the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health supported by the International Society for Nephrology at the WHO 148th Executive Board
World Health Organization Executive Board 148th Session Agenda Item 6: Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases Oral Health As Members of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, the World Heart Federation, International Diabetes Federation, International Society for Nephrology, and World Stroke Organization thank you...