The World Congress of Nephrology 2021 (WCN’21) organizers are pleased to offer a Travel Grant Program for online or in-person attendance to WCN’21. The grants are available to ISN members residing in low and lower-middle income countries (consult the list of eligible countries). These grants support equitable access to ISN learning and networking opportunities. In-person WCN’21 Travel...
The ISN continues to strengthen its collaboration with the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, besides attending the World Health Assembly, the ISN will participate in the 72nd Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas and the 71st session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western...
Every month the ISN-ACT Team lists interesting new randomized controlled trials from around the world. Highlight: Diltiazem may be superior to nifedipine for post-partum hypertension in pregnancy. See the latest trials here. From October 2020, the GTF will be available in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin. Would you like to support equal access to nephrology research? Become an ISN...
Dr. Rolando Claure Del Granado and colleagues involved in the ISN 0by25 initiative in Bolivia Every year, the Scientific Committee of the Medical College of Bolivia awards outstanding studies and investigators that significantly impact the local population. This year, the jury recognized the academic and research activities of Dr. Rolando Claure Del Granado and selected the...
The deadline is October 8, 2020. The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on kidney patients and services worldwide will be addressed in the scientific program of the World Congress of Nephrology 2021. The Scientific Program Working Group is preparing focused sessions covering the latest findings and insights on the coronavirus and its impact on kidney health. We welcome...
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...
Dr. Amar Swali Performs a USG-guided percutaneous kidney biopsy at Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital Dr. Amar Swali, from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, is an ISN Fellow who has been receiving training at the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital in Nadiad, Gujarat, India, since mid-October 2019. Dr. Amar affirms that he has surpassed his initial goals during the fellowship....
The ISN welcomes two new Affiliated Societies, the Peruvian Association of Vascular Access (APDAV) and the Guinean Society of Nephrology (SGN). The ISN is proud to work alongside an international community of 104 Affiliated Societies dedicated to advancing global kidney care together. The ISN looks forward to collaborating with all these organizations to achieve its goal...
The ISN Middle East Regional Board will hold the webinar, “COVID-19 and the Kidneys in the Middle East Countries,” at 9 a.m. CEST on October 1, 2020. See the full schedule, speaker bios, and register for the webinar here. The webinar, which includes a question and answer session, will discuss: The epidemiology of the coronavirus in kidney...
The ISN South Asia Regional Board (SARB) held virtually its first two-day conference on September 26 and 27: “CONNECT - 2020 Conference on Nephrology advances and Newer and Emerging Concepts in Transplantation.” Download the conference brochure here. 534 attended the event on day one, and 474 on day two to follow a series of live talks ranging...
