By Rachael C Walker, Ph.D., NP, MN, RN Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Member of the ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group For a variety of reasons, many countries are unable to accommodate those with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis in hospitals or in-centre dialysis units.1 Home dialysis offers an alternative to this with...
Delegates attend a teaching session at the 1st Primer on Pediatric Renal Transplant and Immunology Workshop As part of the ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers and the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs, the ISN supported the 1st Primer on Pediatric Renal Transplant and Immunology Workshop alongside the International Society of Pediatric Nephrology (IPNA). The workshop was held from March 5-7, 2020 at the Christian...
The call for nominations to receive ISN Awards in 2021 is open until August 27, 2020. All ISN Members can nominate candidates for: Alfred Newton Richards Award Roscoe R. Robinson Award Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease Pioneer Awards Discover more on ISN Awards and the requirements for nominations HERE. Award winners will be recognized at The ISN...
In collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the ISN i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) group has developed the ISN Observatory of CKDu to facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge to raise awareness of the urgent issue of Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology. The input of experts in the field of CKDu provides both the ISN...
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the ISN membership, it is my very great pleasure to announce this year’s recipients of the Jean Hamburger Award, the Bywaters Award, and the Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease. The winners have made outstanding contributions to nephrology and patient care as...
Prof Paul N Bennett (Australia), Prof Marie Richards (UAE), Michele Trask (Canada), A/Prof Rachael C Walker (NZ), Stefaan Claus (Belgium), Henriette Nygard (Norway), A/Prof Reena George (India), Dr. Ying Xu (China), Prof Ana Figueiredo (Brazil), Constance Monote (Senegal), Nashon Kagwe (Tanzania), Reena Moodley (South Africa) and Jo-Ann Donner (Canada). 2020: The Year of the Nurse...
The ISN and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) have agreed to extend and formalize their existing partnership to include collaboration on a number of ISN programs and activities, demonstrating a mutual commitment to the global advancement of pediatric nephrology. This partnership seeks to increase and strengthen the links between both societies through the ISN-IPNA...
As part of its Collaboration Plan with the World Health Organization (WHO), the ISN i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) group has developed a CKDu Observatory Map to facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge in order to raise awareness of the urgent issue of Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology. Be the first to access...
The ISN-TTS STC Program was launched in 2013 as a joint initiative between the ISN and the Transplantation Society (TTS) to develop transplantation services in low and middle-income (LMIC) countries either by pairing an experienced center to help build on an existing low-level transplant program; or by assisting an established regional nephrology service to...
Applications to the ISN Emerging Leaders Program are now open, apply here. The application session is open until June 15, 2020. The ISN welcomes early-career professionals interested in shaping the direction of kidney health to work alongside a network of international healthcare experts to develop leadership skills. Find out more about the ISN ELP Program here. A webinar will be broadcast on May...
The ISN and Kidney International surveyed nephrologists across six continents, representing the ten ISN Regions, to assess the impact of COVID-19 on dialysis patients and staff and health system responses to the pandemic specific to dialysis. Access the reports here.
Healthcare workers at the main entrance to Hospital Obrero #2, Cochabamba, Bolivia Young ISN members have been at the forefront of the global fight against COVID-19. In this article, Marina Wainstein, Rolando Claure-Del Granado, and Chimota Phiri share their experience of managing COVID-19 patients in Australia, Bolivia, and Malawi respectively highlighting the challenges young nephrologists...
In 2018, Sandra Wagner (France), Angie Aguilar-Gonzalez (Guatemala), and Amarasiri de Silva (Sri Lanka/USA) received ISN-H4KH (Hydration for Kidney Health) Grants for their respective projects. All three recipients had their abstracts accepted for presentation at WCN’20 and, consequently, published in Kidney International Reports. Sandra Wagner et al. investigated the association between Uosm and eGFR decline; and the...
A press conference takes place in Honduras as part of the WKD 2020 campaign World Kidney Day (WKD) has released its Impact Report from the WKD 2020 Campaign which highlighted the importance of lifestyle interventions to prevent kidney diseases. On March 12, 2020, over 1200 WKD activities in almost 100 countries raised awareness of accessible approaches toward kidney health. Diverse regional...
The ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas team has prepared summary slides of the ISN GKHA 2019 focusing on each ISN region individually. ISN invites members to share the results from their region with colleagues and key stakeholders to support discussions on and advocate for kidney health care with relevant national and regional health/policy/education officials. The new material contains...
Dear Member, The ISN General Assembly meeting was due to take place at 7:00 am on 28 March 2020 during the World Congress of Nephrology 2020 in Abu Dhabi. We regret that the current global health situation did not allow for the WCN’20 to proceed as planned, and that we were not able to hold...
Nephrologists in Nepal take part in a training course as part of the ISN Kidney Care Network Program in collaboration with APSN The ISN and the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) have sustained a successful collaboration over the last decade working together to advance nephrology in the Asia-Pacific region, notably through the ISN Fellowship, Sister Renal Centers (SRC), Clinical...
New WCN’20 Content Available on the ISN Academy Additional WCN’20 posters, provided by presenters, are now available online at the ISN educational portal, the ISN Academy: consult posters, poster talks, and visual abstrats.
The ISN Social Media Team interviewed nephrologists from the US on coronavirus-related concerns and challenges in patient care; and nephrologists from the Netherlands on AKI in patients with severe COVID19 infections as well as the impact of the virus on kidney transplantation. Read first-hand accounts on the impact of the novel coronavirus on local communities...
Every month the ISN-ACT Team lists interesting new randomized controlled trials from around the world. Highlights: Keeping it simple with restriction: fluid restriction as good as diuretics and oral salt for SIAD Deciding HDF or HD: nothing to lose sleep over See the latest trials here.
