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ISN, Alongside its Partners, Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Diabetes Prevention and Management, Including Access to Insulin

74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 13.2 Resolution on Diabetes Prevention and Management, Including Access to Insulin Honourable Chair, distinguished Delegates, The International Diabetes Federation, on behalf of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations, International Association for Dental Research, International Society of Nephrology, FDI World Dental Federation, World Heart Federation, World Stroke Organisation, and supported...

May 27, 2021AdvocacyRead more...

ISN Urges the 74th WHA to Take Immediate Actions to Advance Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health

74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 16 Committing to implementation of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016−2030) Honorable Chair, distinguished delegates, The ISN welcomes the report by the WHO Director-General on Committing to implementation of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and reiterates its support for the...

May 27, 2021AdvocacyRead more...

ISN, Alongside its Partners, Urges the 74th WHA to Adopt the Resolution on Patient Safety

74th World Health Assembly Statement on Agenda Item 13. 1 Global Action on Patient Safety The International Alliance of Patients Organizations and nine Non-State Actors in Official Relationship with WHO forming a Constituency to Agenda item 13.1 welcome and endorse the decision made by the 148th Session of the Executive Board on 21 January 2021 to...

May 25, 2021AdvocacyRead more...

13th International Podocyte Conference: July 27-31, 2021 – The University of Manchester, UK & Online

Save the date for the 13th International Podocyte meeting, open to participants from all over the world. There will be 3 sections to the meeting as follows: Pre-meeting focused on early career researchers (Tuesday, July 27) Models to investigate podocyte biology. Podocyt-omics: big data, big discoveries? Round table discussions: What is left there to discover? How to be successful Podocyte Researcher Main...

May 25, 2021Grants, NewsRead more...

Explore and Use the ISN Framework for Developing Dialysis Programs in Low-Resource Settings

The "ISN Framework for Developing Dialysis Programs in Low-Resource Settings" outlines the requirements and operational considerations for setting up or expanding dialysis programs and developing sustainable strategies to treat patients with kidney failure. Download the framework here and share it with health care workers, patients, and policymakers in your region. The framework, developed in collaboration with...

May 25, 2021Advocacy, NewsRead more...

ISN President Places Patients at Center of ISN’s Mission at Global Summit

On May 13, the ISN President, Agnes Fogo, spoke at the Third Annual Global Summit on Kidney Innovation: Expanding Patient Choices and Outcomes, organized by the American Association of Kidney Patients and the George Washington University, hosted virtually from May 13-14, 2021. Watch Professor Fogo’s presentation here. As a leader in the global kidney space,...

May 25, 2021Advocacy, ISN Participates, NewsRead more...

Spotlight on ISN Activities: World Kidney Day

"ISN-IFKF Webinar: Spotlight on World Kidney Day - Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease" will be broadcast on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 4 p.m. CEST (convert to your time zone here). Register here. Join an international lineup of speakers: Social Risk Factors for CKD, Deidra Crews (USA) CKD Prevention Programs, Philip Li (China) CKD Care in Disadvantaged Populations, Guillermo...

May 25, 2021Advocacy, Education, NewsRead more...

Kidney International Reports Celebrates Five Years of Presenting Outstanding Research in Nephrology

The Kidney International Reports' (KIR) Jai Radhakrishnan, editor-in-chief, Sumit Mohan, deputy editor, and Radha McLean, executive editor, highlight the journal's significant role in disseminating valuable research in nephrology, having published over 1,000 articles since its launch in 2016. The article, 5 Years (And Counting) of Expanding Access to Kidney Disease Research, marking the fifth anniversary...

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Help Expand Trial Participation in Nephrology: Join Colleagues Online for the #NephTrials Debate

The #NephTrials initiative is an exciting series of conversations combining expertise from the ISN-ACT Global Trials Focus, the ISN-ACT Toolkit, and the #NephJC community.  Join the latest #NephTrials discussion on May 25 at 9 p.m. ET. The conversation will focus on DIAL-MAG, which evaluates the effect of increased magnesium concentration in dialysate on the risk of...

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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...

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Looking to the Future: New YNC Leadership Shares Current Projects

YNC Chair Marina Wainstein and Deputy Chair Sabine Karam The Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) was launched in 2007 to understand and evaluate the needs of young nephrologists worldwide to develop opportunities for them within the ISN. From the 11 founding members to the 24 current ones—including two allied health professionals and one Emerging Leaders Program (ELP)...

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International Consensus Definitions of Clinical Trial Outcomes for Kidney Failure: 2020 – Slide Deck and User Guide

In October 2020, Kidney International published the International Consensus Definitions of Clinical Trial Outcomes for Kidney Failure: 2020 developed from the 1st International Consensus Meeting on Defining Kidney Failure in Clinical Trials hosted by the ISN in Vancouver, BC, Canada, earlier that year. The paper has been summarized into a slide deck and user guide for...

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Get Inspired by the ISN@Work Gallery on the WCN’21 Platform

Viviane Calice-Silva, from Brazil, was awarded an ISN Clinical Research Grant in 2014. This grant allowed her to investigate the use of salivary urea nitrogen (SUN) dipsticks for acute kidney injury detection in areas with low diagnostic resources. Her study was later replicated in Africa, and different steps of the project have been published in...

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Senegal to Inaugurate Largest Dialysis Center in Western Africa

The ISN is pleased to share that Senegal will soon have the largest dialysis unit in Western Africa. The ISN Dialysis Working Group chair, Abdou Niang, recently presented the project to Senegal’s President, Macky Sall. This brand-new unit will be part of the four-story Dalal Jamm Hospital in Dakar. This major referral hospital receives patients who are...

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Joint Presidential Statement by the International Society of Nephrology and the World Hypertension League on World Hypertension Day

World Hypertension Day 17 May 2021   Joint Presidential Statement by the International Society of Nephrology and the World Hypertension League  World Hypertension Day 2021 is May 17th, and represents a great opportunity for the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the World Hypertension League (WHL) to exhibit the synergistic impact on global health. The partnership of the...

May 14, 2021AdvocacyRead more...
Agnes Fogo

ISN President at Third Annual Global Summit: Global Kidney Innovations

The Third Annual Global Summit on Kidney Innovation will be hosted virtually from May 13-14, 2021, centering on the theme "Expanding Patient Choices and Outcomes." Speaking during the session International Kidney Innovations Consortium: International Organizations Working in the Space Provide Global Perspectives on May 13, ISN President Agnes Fogo will share her views on how the ISN...

May 11, 2021NewsRead more...

Register Now: ISN/HFA-ESC Webinar on Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure

Join us for a joint webinar between the ISN and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology to understand connections between HF and CKD and discuss optimal management for patients. Stefan D. Anker (Germany), Debasish Banerjee (UK), Angela Yee-Moon Wang (China), and Wilfried Mullens (UK) will address: Pathophysiology of co-morbid heart failure and CKD: what...

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