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Help Empower Kidney Patients: CELEBRATE World Kidney Day 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]World Kidney Day (WKD) 2021 takes place on Thursday, March 11. The 2021 campaign will focus on, “Kidney Health for Everyone, Everywhere - Living Well with Kidney Disease.” Initiatives will concentrate on raising awareness of effective symptom-management to improve patients’ quality of life and encouraging patient self-empowerment to ensure that people with kidney diseases can...

September 28, 2020Advocacy, News, World Kidney DayRead more...

The ISN Presents Evidence to the UK Committee on the Science of COVID-19

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Professor Donal O’Donoghue, Chair of the ISN’s Advocacy Working Group, was among a distinguished panel of experts who gave evidence at the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee hearing on the Science of COVID-19 in the UK. Presenting at the beginning of the virtual session on Tuesday, September 15, Professor O’Donoghue outlined the...

September 28, 2020Advocacy, News, Other AdvocacyRead more...

ISN Teams up with DOPPS to Survey the Impact of COVID-19 on Dialysis Patients

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to disproportionately impact people living with kidney disease. It is, therefore, more important than ever to monitor the care being delivered to patients with kidney diseases and to use data to advocate for those at risk of adverse outcomes. Recognizing this, the ISN has launched several data collection initiatives over the past few...

July 3, 2020Advocacy, DOPPSRead more...

ASN/ERA-EDTA/ISN Joint Working Group’s Call to Action with Paper on Ethical Issues in Nephrology

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ethical challenges in nephrology: a call for action by the ASN/ERA-EDTA/ISN Joint Working Group on Ethical Issues in Nephrology, has been published in Nature Reviews Nephrology. The paper identifies ten broad areas of ethical concern as priority challenges that require collaborative action to highlight the need for ethical analysis of issues within kidney care and to...

July 3, 2020Advocacy, Other AdvocacyRead more...

The ISN Supports WHO’s Landmark Resolution at the World Health Assembly

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 18, 2020, the ISN represented the global kidney health community at the 73rd session of the WHO’s World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva. At this historic WHA, which took place virtually due to COVID-19-related restrictions, delegates adopted a landmark resolution to press for solidarity in addressing the pandemic. The resolution calls for a joint and intensified effort...

May 29, 2020Advocacy, WHORead more...
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World Kidney Day 2020 Impact Report: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere – from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A press conference takes place in Honduras as part of the WKD 2020 campaign [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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...

April 30, 2020Advocacy, News, WHORead more...

ISN stands with the WHO

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The International Society of Nephrology (ISN), with its mission to improve kidney health worldwide and ensure that all people have equitable access to sustainable kidney health, has noted with alarming concern that President Donald Trump has formally moved to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). The global healthcare community has appreciated the...

April 28, 2020Advocacy, WHORead more...

World Kidney Day Activities Reach Millions

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]World Kidney Day (WKD) organizers, ISN and IFKF, wish to thank all partners and collaborators who helped advance the WKD 2020 message highlighting the importance of preventive measures and the need for increased awareness in kidney disease prevention during this year’s event. The 15th edition of WKD was marked worldwide on March 12 by stakeholders, regional and...

March 31, 2020Advocacy, News, World Kidney DayRead more...

ISN Celebrates World Kidney Day 2020 in Brussels

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]To celebrate World Kidney Day (WKD), the ISN dressed the Manneken Pis fountain in Brussels in WKD colors to raise awareness of kidney health issues and activities. The ISN team explained to onlookers the significance of the costume as it was unveiled, encouraging the public to use #worldkidneyday to accompany photographs taken of the WKD Mannekin Pis. The ceremony was...

March 20, 2020Advocacy, News, World Kidney DayRead more...

Three Days Until World Kidney Day

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The fifteenth edition of World Kidney Day takes place on Thursday, March 12, 2020.  This global campaign highlights the importance of kidneys to overall health and raises awareness of risk factors to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems. The 2020 campaign focuses on preventive interventions to avoid the onset and progression of kidney...

March 3, 2020Advocacy, News, World Kidney DayRead more...