Initiatives

Improving Knowledge of Dialysis Techniques to Tackle High Demand in Cameroon Through the ISN-Swiss Society-Cameroon Society Partnership

The ISN-Swiss Society-Cameroon Society Partnership has been active since 2019. It is dedicated to advancing kidney care in Cameroon through joint initiatives. In the context of this partnership, Dr. Ngo Makang Marguerite Cecile, a nephrologist from Yaoundé General Hospital in Cameroon, undertook a six-month fellowship training in the nephrology unit at Geneva University Hospital in...

September 19, 2022Grants, Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Improving Kidney Care in South Asia and OSEA: Saving Young Lives Holds Workshop at the ISPD Congress and Strategy Session to Explore Opportunities for Expansion

Participants at the Saving Young Lives workshop held at the ISPD congress As part of the ISPD congress program, the Saving Young Lives (SYL) Project welcomed 27 participants from South Asia and the Oceania and Southeast Asia (OSEA) regions to a two-day workshop. The workshop included lectures and a hands-on practical session where catheter insertion was demonstrated,...

August 22, 2022Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Working Toward Improved AKI Services in Latin America: The Saving Young Lives Project Holds First Workshop in Colombia

Workshop participants and course presenters at the SYL workshop at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia Course presenters Guillermo Hidalgo and Bill Smoyer welcomed 18 participants from Central and South America to the two-day Saving Young Lives Project (SYL) workshop held at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, at the end of June....

July 18, 2022Education, InitiativesRead more...

Examine the Recently-Published Scoping Review on Early CKD Identification

Early CKD identification remains a much-debated subject in kidney care. Over the past year, a group of ISN members has collaborated on a project to provide an understanding of the challenges of implementing early CKD identification and intervention programs. One initial element of the collaboration, a scoping review, has been published in Kidney International Reports: Read...

May 9, 2022Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Listen to the World Kidney Day Special Edition of the ISN Global Kidney Care Podcast

The Global Kidney Care Podcast (GKCP) has recorded a special WKD episode, "World Kidney Day: Health Literacy, a Call for All Nephrologists." Listen to the special WKD edition of the GKCP here. In this episode, Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Smeeta Sinha discuss the history of WKD and the 2022 campaign theme and goals with members of the WKD Steering...

March 8, 2022Advocacy, Education, Initiatives, News, World Kidney DayRead more...

“Are Your Kidneys Healthy?” Quiz Now Available in 12 Languages, Including Amharic 

Almost 60, 000 people have taken the ISN “Are Your Kidneys Healthy?" quiz since it launched less than a year ago.   Take the quiz here to find out if your kidneys are healthy.  Last week the quiz was added in Amharic, alongside the already available Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and...

February 8, 2022Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Follow the Anemia of Renal Disease Online Curriculum on the ISN Academy 

The 'Anemia of Renal Disease' curriculum is accessible to all on the ISN Academy.  Explore the curriculum here.  The curriculum is creatively designed using mixed media, including three originally produced voice-over animations, charts, graphs, and self-guided questions to engage students and facilitate learning.   The course covers the pathophysiology of renal disease along with the clinical trials guiding...

February 8, 2022Education, Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Discover the Protocol for a Scoping Review on Early CKD Identification

Over the past several months, a group of ISN members has collaborated on a project to provide a shared understanding of the inherent opportunities and challenges of implementing early CKD identification and intervention programs. A component of this initiative, a protocol for a scoping review, has just been published here. The review aims to synthesize available...

January 10, 2022Initiatives, News, ResearchRead more...

Only One Week Left to Apply for an ISN-KI Editorial Fellowship

The ISN and Kidney International (KI) are accepting expressions of interest from early-career nephrologists and scientists working in nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation for two positions as ISN-KI Editorial Fellows in 2021-2023. The deadline is June 1, 2021. Find out more on ISN-KI Editorial Fellowships, eligibility criteria, and how to apply here. Successful candidates will be supervised...

May 25, 2021Initiatives, Journals, NewsRead more...

ISN 0by25 Study on Improving Early AKI Identification

This 0by25 multicenter, non-randomized study evaluated the feasibility of using point-of-care (POC) serum creatinine and urine dipstick testing alongside an educational program to facilitate the identification and management of AKI in three low-resource countries. Access the study here. The researchers hypothesized that a lack of awareness of and access to diagnostic and therapeutic care contributed to...

January 18, 2021Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Announcing a new online educational initiative: Kidney International on the Academy

The ISN Academy and the ISN Education Working Group is pleased to announce a new online educational initiative, KI on the Academy. The Academy will summarize one article per month, selected by the editors of the Kidney International, and present it as a video abstract. This concise video summary will be presented by the author...

October 21, 2019Education, Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Focus on H4KH Research Initiative at 2019 Danone Nutricia Research H4H Conference

In June, ISN attended the 11th Hydration for Health (H4H) conference in Evian, France. ISN President Vivekanand Jha presented highlights on the Hydration for Kidney Health (H4KH) initiative, an ISN activity in partnership with Danone Nutricia Research, as well as on ISN’s global activities. Adeera Levin provided an overview of the results of the 2019...

July 29, 2019Events, Initiatives, NewsRead more...

ISN H4KH Fellow visits Danone Nutricia Research Center

Thanks to his ISN Hydration for Kidney Health (H4KH) Fellowship, Amarasiri De Silva spent several days at the Danone Nutricia Research Center in France. It was a valuable and unique opportunity to meet other researchers and share his work on chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in Sri Lanka. As partners, Danone Nutricia Research and...

February 7, 2019Initiatives, News, ResearchRead more...

Meeting with local stakeholders in Jakarta for Indonesia project

ISN President David Harris and President-Elect Vivek Jha traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia in late November 2018 to officially launch a national initiative with the Indonesian Society of Nephrology (PERNEFRI) to improve access to integrated kidney care throughout Indonesia. During this two-day trip, David and Vivek first met with nephrologists from PERNEFRI to align on national nephrology needs...

December 13, 2018Initiatives, News, Regional ActivitiesRead more...

AKI care training in Nepal

The Kidney Care Network recently organized the first acute kidney injury training course for health care providers at Nepal’s B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. The course is part of the next phase of the 0by25 initiative, testing how interventions of the 0by25 initiative's Pilot Feasibility Projects are implemented in routine clinical care. The Kidney Care...

November 30, 2018Initiatives, NewsRead more...

Check out October’s ISN-ACT trial list

Once a month, the team behind ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) collect and publish a list of important nephrology trials from the latest medical literature. Each trial is reviewed in context and assessed for its risk of bias in key areas. The ISN-ACT is an ISN initiative that sets out to leverage existing infrastructures within ISN to improve...

October 10, 2018Clinical Research, Initiatives, NewsRead more...

H4KH: Building up research into hydration

The Hydration for Kidney Health (H4KH) is an exciting partnership between ISN and Danone Nutricia Research to raise awareness about the effect of hydration on the kidneys. It’s a joint research collaboration, which aims to build more capacity for research in this field and support the efforts of new investigators. We also want to make...

September 18, 2018Initiatives, NewsRead more...