2024 campaign theme The World Kidney Day (WKD) Steering Committee has announced the 2024 WKD campaign theme: Kidney Health for All - Advancing Equitable Access to Care and Optimal Medication Practice Recent medical advances have significantly slowed CKD progression and reduced complications. However, disparities in accessing these advancements persist. The 2024 campaign aims to increase awareness of these...
A window to the past Nephrology has evolved immensely over the past six decades, and the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) has adapted and grown in response. What was the second edition of the WCN like? The ISN caught up with Professor Rychlik, Fellow of the ISN and vice president of the Czech Society of Nephrology,...
Kidney International® Managing the Symptom Burden Associated With Long-term Dialysis: Conclusions From a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference In 2022, patients, doctors, therapists, nurses, pharmacists, and researchers came together at the KDIGO Controversies Conference, “Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis,” to examine and agree on essential ideas about recognizing and treating symptoms in dialysis patients....
Watch the Video here. Divya Bajpai's says: "The ISN Emerging Leaders Program has inspired me to think about how to improve kidney health globally. One of the many ways to help advance kidney care worldwide is to make it more sustainable. It was a shock when I realized how my day-to-day activities were damaging the planet and contributing to an...
The College of Nephrologists of Mexico's 56th National Congress of Nephrology will take place in a hybrid format from September 13-16, 2023, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The congress is organized by the College of Nephrologists of Mexico, the Mexican Society of Transplantation, the Mexican Society of Pediatrics, and SLANH. ISN President Masaomi Nangaku will deliver...
The ISN is pleased to announce it has formally renewed its ongoing partnership with the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN).Since 2013, the ISN and APSN have shared a highly productive and enduring alliance, collaborating on many initiatives, including ISN Fellowships, ISN Sister Centers, 0by25 and Kidney Care Networks, World Congresses, and other events. The...
The Kidney and Solid Organ Transplantation Advancement Strategy: Roadmap for Transition from Living Donation to Cadaveric Transplantation conference will take place from September 13-14, 2023, in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is the first joint conference of the South Caucasian countries Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The ISN will present Irma Tchokhonelidze (Georgia) with the ISN 2023 Pioneer...
Valerie Luyckx, ISN Advocacy Working Group chair, was invited to join a panel of experts at the World Heart Federation's Heart Café Session "Navigating the Complex Relationship Between Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Complications," held as part of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Watch a recording of the event...
The members of the second cohort of the ISN Emerging Leaders Program invite you to participate in a survey to gauge the impact of climate change on the health of people with kidney diseases and the environmental burden of kidney care practices. Take the survey here. This survey is open to anyone involved in caring for...
Whether taking your first steps into clinical research or looking to improve your statistical skills, the ISN Young Nephrologists Committee's six-part video curriculum guides you to use statistics effectively and analyze and interpret data from clinical trials and studies. Access Chapter I, Modules 1 and 2 now! Module 1: Learn study design basics and the...
