[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The latest edition of ISN News is now available online. It has also been included in the latest issue of Kidney International. This time, you can read more about ISN’s latest initiative focusing on chronic kidney disease. The ISN CKD ‘Closing the Gaps’ initiative will provide a comprehensive strategy to address issues related to chronic kidney...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ISN Programs team is now accepting applications for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. Deadline for applications is October 1, 2016. The SRC program helps improve how nephrology is practiced in low-and-middle income countries by linking renal centers or units in these regions with established centers of excellence in the developed world. Any two...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This new Lancet Update focuses on the controversial relationship between hydration and health, with many unfounded claims in the popular media. Nephrologist William Clark and epidemiologist Jessica Sontrop guide us through a growing body of evidence that suggests a protective effect of increased water intake on kidney function. The Lancet Kidney Campaign builds on ISN's...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On September 17, 2016, the ISN Eastern and Central Europe Regional Workshop will take place in Sarajevo as part of an ISN Continuing Medical Educational course organized with the Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This session will cover the latest on ISN Program activities in Eastern and Central Europe. It is...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following the earthquake that struck central Italy on August 24, 2016, the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) issued its response to the disaster and a status update on kidney patients in the region. ISN RDRTF Chair Wim Van Biesen said that he had been in contact with the President of the Italian Society...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 10% of the adult population, worldwide. While the distribution of those receiving and not getting renal replacement therapies(dialysis and transplantation), varies by country, the incidence and prevalence of CKD are remarkably consistent globally, though not always well documented. ISN’s latest endeavor, the ISN ‘Closing the Gaps’ initiative sets out to define...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kidney International (KI) Reports was launched by ISN and Elsevier in June. Now, this new publication has reached the 25-published research article threshold. It has also been officially added to Elsevier’s list of journals ready to apply for PubMed Central indexing. The KI Reports submission page is live and the editorial board is currently accepting...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In collaboration with the Indian Society of Nephrology, the ISN-ANIO India Committee is calling for clinical research project applications from young nephrologists (both junior faculty and physicians in specialist training) working in India. The projects should be focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this year’s application round, the committee welcomes proposals for clinical research...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AVATAR 2016 is an event that exemplifies the renal vascular access armamentarium. It was held in New Delhi from July 23 to 24, 2016 and was the 5th annual event for the Association of Vascular Access & inTerventionAl Renal Physicians (AVATAR). The inaugural ceremony paid a particular tribute to the stalwarts of Indian Nephrology for their...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Recent ISN efforts to better position kidney disease on the global health agenda paid off recently as kidney disease was mentioned in the resolution stemming from the recent United Nations High Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The document recognizes that: “renal, oral and eye diseases pose a major health burden for many countries and that these...
