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Statement by the International Society of Nephrology on Oral Health at the WHO 148th Executive Board

Honorable chair, distinguished delegates, The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) welcomes the Director General’s report and supports its recommendations on how to achieve better oral health as part of the universal health coverage and noncommunicable disease agendas. Globally, more than 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases which disproportionally affect marginalized populations and those from a...

January 18, 2021Advocacy, WHORead more...
Joint ISN-KDIGO Paper Highlights Need for Access to Affordable Diagnostic Tools

Joint KDIGO-ISN Paper Highlights Need for Access to Affordable Diagnostic Tools

The paper, “Availability and Affordability of Kidney Health Laboratory Tests around the Globe,” has been published in the American Journal of Nephrology. The manuscript, produced by the KDIGO Controversies Conference leaders in collaboration with ISN, surveyed a representative subset of ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) respondents from April to June 2020 to ascertain the availability and...

January 18, 2021News, ResearchRead more...

ISN Joins the Kidney Health Initiative

On January 7, 2021, the ISN became a member of the Kidney Health Initiative (KHI), a public-private partnership formed in 2012 by the American Society of Nephrology and the US Food and Drug Administration to enhance patient safety and foster innovation in the treatment of kidney diseases. KHI has more than 100 diverse and international...

January 18, 2021Advocacy, News, Other AdvocacyRead more...
ISN-KDIGO CKD Early Identification and Intervention Toolkit

ISN-KDIGO CKD Early Identification and Intervention Toolkit

Following the KDIGO Controversies Conference, the report, “Early Identification and Intervention in CKD,” held in 2019, has been published in Kidney International. “The Case for Early Identification and Intervention of Chronic Kidney Disease: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference,” forms the basis for a series of tools jointly developed by...

January 18, 2021Education, NewsRead more...

2020: A Year to Reflect on and Commemorate Sixty Years of Advancing Kidney Health Worldwide

Initiatives to mark the ISN’s 60th anniversary took place throughout the year. In January, two new series focusing on influential research papers were launched. The Insight newsletter presented Kidney International’s “Milestones in Nephrology” series, a monthly highlighting of five influential papers on critical topics in nephrology over the last few decades. The Breakthrough articles, developed...

January 6, 2021News, Society AffairsRead more...

Working Together for a Better Future: Thank you to Supporters, Partners, and Sponsors

The ISN appreciates all its sponsors and partners for supporting the ISN mission of advancing kidney health worldwide through education, grants, research, and advocacy. We are grateful for the enduring support of many of our sponsors and partners over many years, welcome new sponsors during 2020, and look forward to continuing our work together...

January 6, 2021NewsRead more...

The ISN Academy: Broadcasting Timely and Increased Education Worldwide in 2020

As COVID-19 continued to impact the way we share knowledge, the ISN Academy went into high gear to connect ISN members around the world, providing a timely platform to share education, science, and resources. The Academy immediately and consistently provided ISN members and the public with information, guidelines, and resources on COVID-19. Academy users rose...

January 6, 2021Education, NewsRead more...

ISN Journals

In July 2020, all three of the ISN journal websites (https://www.kidney-international.org/, https://www.kireports.org/, and https://www.kisupplements.org/), were converted from traditional article pages to a new responsive design format to better respond to the needs of readers and the devices they’re using. Kidney International Current Impact Factor 8.945 Submissions: 2745 Countries submitted: 72 Original research articles Reviewed: 506 Original research articles Accepted: 90 KI...

January 6, 2021Journals, NewsRead more...

ISN Granting Programs Adapting and Innovating Throughout 2020

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, ISN granting programs continued to thrive by adapting to different ways of collaborating, and launching new initiatives. Fellowships In January, ISN announced its first Detlef Schlöndorff Fellow, set up in honor of the late, influential nephrologist and former Editor of Kidney International. Dr. Etienne Ntabanganyimana, from the Gihundwe Hospital in Rwanda, was selected...

January 6, 2021Grants, NewsRead more...

ISN Participates

ISN Participates In June, ISN was present to interact with the public at the ERA-EDTA Congress. In July, the ISN was represented at APCN2020. Germaine Wong delivered, ‘Clinical Care of COVID-19 Infection: Perspective of a Frontline Nephrologist’, ISN President-Elect Agnes Fogo presented the Chan Woon-Cheung Award Lecture, and ISN President Vivek Jha gave his talk, ‘Preventive...

January 6, 2021ISN Participates, NewsRead more...

Informing; Researching; Connecting – ISN on COVID-19

In March, as the world began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the ISN launched its COVID-19 resource page with the support of a team of ISN COVID-19 Collaborators. This dedicated area of the ISN website hosts information on the impact of COVID-19 on the kidneys. It provides recommendations for preventing and...

January 6, 2021Covid-19, NewsRead more...

Expanding the International Nephrology Community in 2020

In 2020, the ISN welcomed seven new Collective-Member Societies and three new Affiliated Societies New Collective-Member Societies ISN Collective-Member Societies are tailor-made partnerships that benefit individual members as well as the Collective Society. By partnering with the ISN in this way, the Collective-Member Society increases its membership and presence within the ISN and globally. New partnerships...

January 6, 2021Membership, NewsRead more...

An Incredible Year for ISN Research Initiatives

The ISN had an exciting start to research projects in 2020 with the Research Collaborative Meeting and 1ST International Consensus Meeting on Defining Kidney Failure in Clinical Trials that took place from January 31 - February 1 in Vancouver, Canada. The ISN convened this international, multi-stakeholder meeting to develop consensus on definitions of kidney failure...

January 6, 2021News, ResearchRead more...

ISN HONORS NURSES IN 2020

The WHO declared 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.” In May 2020, the ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group (KHPWG) emphasized the key role nephrology nurses play in delivering high-quality holistic care to patients with kidney diseases and presented global issues in nephrology nursing care, outlining strategies to address these...

January 6, 2021NewsRead more...

Young Nephrologists Reporting from Around the World During a Troubled Year

The ISN values its young members and welcomed the many powerful and inspiring first-hand accounts it received from different world regions that demonstrated what it meant to be a young nephrologist in 2020: From January, the ISN Young Nephrologists Committee worked alongside the ISN Research Working Group to present “Breakthrough Discoveries,” 60 + 1 globally...

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Nephrology community remembers Professor Donal O’Donoghue

ISN is saddened to announce the death of Professor Donal O’Donoghue, who passed away on 3 January 2021 having become unwell with COVID-19 in mid-December. Professor O’Donoghue qualified in physiology and medicine from Manchester and trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology in the East Midlands, Paris and in Edinburgh. Professor O’Donoghue was the Chair of the...

January 5, 2021NewsRead more...

WCN’21 Welcomes Your Participation: Last Chance to Apply for a Grant to Attend Virtual WCN’21

The deadline to apply for a grant is midnight CET, today, December 21, 2020. Are you eligible for a grant to attend Virtual WCN’21? Find out here and apply today. ISN Virtual WCN’21 grants offer pre-congress and congress registration and access to: Post-session recordings; the ISN Global Kidney Policy Forum; the ISN Community Film Event. Last call for grant...

December 21, 2020Events, NewsRead more...