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Posted 1 July 2010
Promoting 17th Budapest Nephrology School
(Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation)
Dates: 26–31 August 2010
Venue: Mercure Budapest Korona
Professor Lazlo Rosivall - Hungarian Kidney Foundation
Tel/Fax: 36 1 2100 100 - mobile: 36 20 825 9756
E-mail: rosivall@net.sote.hu
Program www.bns-hungary.hu
Under the auspices of ISN, ERA-EDTA and ISP - Semmelweis University - International Nephrology Research & Training Center - Worldwide Hungarian Medical Academy - Vanderbilt University Medical Center - University of Toronto, Avicenna College
In conjunction with 8th International Symposium on Wine and Health and 5th World Kidney Day
Participation fee (700 Euro - early bird price): Fee includes attendance at nephrology refresher CME course; certificate of attendance; coffee breaks and lunches; attendance at the 8th International Wine and Health Symposium; Organ concert at St. Stephen's Basilica; Sightseeing tour with Parliament visit; attendance at the evening Danube Cruise; Farewell Reception and support for buying the book of Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis, Transplantation (Eds: Thomas E Andreoli, Eberhard Ritz, László Rosivall).
Social program highlight: The 8th International Symposium on Wine and Health is an important event where you will taste quality Hungarian wines. Wine is not only important to Hungarians but it has a several thousand-year history in mankind’s life. Although, there are 22 historical vineyards in our country, among them such famous places as Tokaj, Villány, Badacsony, and the long culture and tradition of wine consumption, there is a high incidence of cardiovascular disease with the resultant serious decrease in life expectancy in this region.
Registration fee subsidy: Participants who can not get any support from companies, ERA-EDTA etc. may apply for Hungarian Kidney Foundation support.
The course is designed to meet the requirements of 30 European/US CME credit points. For Hungarian participants the course is accredited by OFTEX for 50 credits. The Course included 43 hours of scientific lectures and a final examination which can be locally evaluated according to national standards.
Posted 1 July 2010
IFKF Member - Tamilnad Kidney Research Foundation, Chennai, India
Also known as theTanker Foundation www.smfhospital.org
Congratulations to The Tanker Foundation who celebrate 17 years of service - to 30 June 2010
Achievements include:
- 609 patients 70,460 dialysis sessions have been given at subsidized rates
- Rs. 58.65 Lakhs disbursed to 988 patients as one-time contributions ranging from Rs. 5,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- for dialysis, transplantation and medication costs
- conducted over 152 Awareness Programs about kidney disease in school, colleges & public forums.
Future plans
- From July 1 2010, they reduce cost of a dialysis at our subsidised dialysis units at Kilpauk, Ambattur and Madurai. Patients will now be charged Rs 375 per session.
- Donors can sponsor a dialysis at Rs 800 as this is the cost to the foundation.
- Our website (wwww.tankerfoundation.org) will be revamped later in the month.
- Set up a dialysis unit in Coimbatore in a space donated by Mr Krishna Kumar of Arya Vaidhya Pharmacy
Posted May 12 2010
11th IFKF Annual International Meeting, 9-12 May 2010
Some IFKF Members who attended the 2010 IFKF Annual Meeting!
See 2010 Program at Annual Meetings. View photos www.nkf.org.my/ifkf
Note dates of 2011 IFKF Annual Meeting hosted by Kidney Foundation of Canada 
12th IFKF International Meeting 2011
4 to 7 April 2011 - Vancouver, Canada
Prior to World Congress of Nephrology (8-11 April)
1 April 2010
Chaco, Argentina - 1st Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations in the Southern Cone - 8 to 10 April 2010
To view Conference program go to www.conferenciacomgan.com.ar (English/Portugese)
For more info contact: María Eugenia Victoria Bianchi - mebianchi@gigared.com
IFKF Council Member - Fundación Renal del Nordeste
Posted 2 March 2010
The IFKF 'Sister' Program
A refreshingly innovative program for our IFKF Council Members to consider, aimed at enhancing cooperation among Kidney Foundations worldwide. Its mission is to facilitate the cooperation between developing Foundations and centers of excellence and the encouragement of exchange of personnel, resources and strategies.
Format - The essence of the Sister Program is to promote the development of a young and/or smaller Foundation (EF = Emerging Foundation) through the goodwill and resources of the Supporting Foundation (SF).
Benefits - The SF will have the advantage of recognition in IFKF media (IFKF news, e-update and website) and can also capitalize on the strengths of the EF based on local experience and locally prevailing clinical and environmental conditions. A EF will have preference for travel grants to our Annual Meeting and to register at a discount rate.
First time application - Any Kidney Foundation can form an IFKF Sister Center pairing, provided that:
* at least one unit is in the developing world and is considered the Emerging Foundation
* both units are IFKF Council Members
A certificate will be given by the IFKF at our Annual Meeting to both organizations to knowledge the partnership.
The application system is an online form that allows the main contact person at both centers to access and fill-out the application information. You are required to provide the two valid email addresses of the contacts at each center.
Contact Miss Ayse Onat at ayse.onat@tbv.com.tr to receive information on how to proceed. Refer to our IFKF Membership Register to allow first contact.To apply, download and complete IFKF Sister Program Application Form.
Posted 2 February 2010
The Joel D Kopple Award
This newly created award recognises IFKF Council Member organisations, individual Members, or Associate Members, for outstanding performance in the area of kidney disease – detection, prevention, treatment, care. This Award will be presented annually during future IFKF Annual Meetings.
See Procedure outline ** and Award Guidelines ** click links
The Jury will be formed by a panel of the individuals appointed by the Board and will consider the following criteria:
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Outstanding performance refers to any initiative or action resulting in a considerable and visible short term or long term internal or external impact.
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Internal impact can be growth in finances, membership or other organizational attributes, improved management, professionalizing etc of the organisation.
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External impact can be any initiative or action resulting in the improvement of detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease, treatment of kidney disease or care of the kidney patient.
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Measurement of outstanding performance will be considered in the context of the local environment and resources (income, financial resources, manpower, skill sets) available to the nominated organisation or individual at the time of the contributions.
Posted 15 January 2010
Ensuring kidney relief for the victims of the Haiti earthquake
Update from Ray Vanholder on work done to help survivors of this devastating catastrophe
www.isn-online.org/isn/news/soc_announ/fullview.html?content_id=73134
An ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) assessment team entered Haiti via Santo Domingo, flying from Paris on 15 January. The team works in close collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). A second team with further equipment reached Port-au-Prince on 17 January. A third team was also sent later to Haiti.
All team members carried light material (e.g. Kayexalate, dialysis catheters) in their hand luggage. A cargo with heavy material (4 dialysis machines, an inflatable hospital) left Europe on 16 February but it was not possible for the carrying plane to land in Haiti. The material was rerouted to Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic, to be shipped to Port-au-Prince on smaller planes, eventually arriving January 17.
All the time we were confronted with serious communication problems, whereby only sporadic contacts can be held by satellite phone (early morning, local time) and email (late evening, local time). No contact is up to now possible by mobile phone. The situation with which our team is faced is dramatic. Most wounded people are lying in the streets without care, although the situation is improving slightly. All local hospitals are overcrowded and there is a shortage of all kinds of medical material including drugs, as well as water and electricity. Identification, triage and transport of victims with potential crush are hard to organize.
Our team found a hospital with three intact dialysis machines [General (University) Hospital] which were no longer used (all chronic patients had left when the earthquake occurred and did not return). To the best of our knowledge, this is the only potentially operative dialysis unit in the city. The building had first to be declared safe. The planning was to make the unit operational then add our own four machines. MSF would generate its own water and electricity. The whole process was unfortunately delayed due to chaos. The three Haitian machines could not be made operational as some materials were locked in closets and the local nephrologists could not be reached to open them. Once our cargo arrived in Port-au-Prince we had problems with transport and unloading.
It goes without saying that these are the most extreme disaster conditions we have ever been faced with during the existence of the RDRTF. Fortunately, we can rely on the excellent logistic support of MSF. We also are grateful for all the help and support we received from colleagues from all over the world. But structural chaos together with a disaster of unseen dimensions makes progress extremely difficult. Nevertheless, all these tiny acts of support together will help save a substantial number of lives.
The ISN President, Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, is personally involved in coordinating efforts across the various scientific societies and organizations (SLANH, the Dominican Society of Nephrology, some of the dialysis manufacturers and of course the ISN members from Haiti and Dominican Republic).
You can help: Nephrologists and intensive care specialists interested in enrolling as volunteers for RDRTF should contact Coordination Centre through RDRTF@ugent.be
Posted 3 December 2009
Nine ways your business could be using social media, but probably isn’t!
You may wish to read an interesting article on social networking and how it can improve your organisation, provided by Jan Lantink , IFKF Project Officer, for your information and interest - click subject header link above.
Posted 30 November 2009
Latest World Kidney Day 2010 publications
World Kidney Day Editorial 2010 English
Diabetic kidney disease: Act now or pay later
World Kidney Day Editorial 2010 Spanish Espanol
Enfrmedad Renal Diabética: Actúe ahora o pague luego
Robert C Atkins and Paul Zimmet - For the 2010 International Society of Nephrology/International Federation of Kidney Foundations World Kidney Day Steering Committee* (RA) and the International Diabetes Federation (PZ) November 11 2009
Posted 2 November 2009
World Kidney Day Notice
IFKF Members note, to help increase the awareness of your foundation or organisation it is important that you update your website to show the current year's World Kidney Day logo. It is essential you also link to www.worldkidneyday.org website to ensure your organisation is recognised as an IFKF Member who is active in our worldwide network. Sign up to become a member of World Kidney Day and talk with others and find out what they are doing in their region.
World Kidney Day logo - Download from www.worldkidneyday.org the current logo, to adapt and reflect your local language. Individual links to download various media items are: *Email logos I *Web banners I *World Kidney Day logos I *World Kidney Day posters
Note: Key past IFKF News items have been archived at IFKF News Archive
Updated 1 July 2010