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10th IFKF International Meeting - 17 to 20 May 2009
Istanbul Turkey
Our host Mr Timur Erk - President, Turkish Kidney Foundation
www.tbv.com.tr/en
Website now available to arrange registration and accommodation www.ifkf-tr.com
HOT NEWS - World Kidney Day Resources 2009 www.worldkidneyday.org
Posted 1 November 2008
Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States: A Public Policy Imperative
CJASN ePress. Published on October 15, 2008
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 3: 1902–1910, 2008. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02330508
Richard A. Rettig,* Keith Norris,†‡ and Allen R. Nissenson‡
*RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, †Department of Medicine, Charles Drew University, and ‡Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles
Results: Despite new evidence-based therapies to slow, stop, or reverse the progression of CKD to ESRD as well as premature cardiovascular disease, major systemic barriers continue to limit the implementation of this body of evidence at the level of the nephrology practice. Key factors include under- or uninsurance, unstructured medical care systems, and lack of enabling public policies.
Conclusions: The crisis of nephrology is embedded within the unresolved duress of the ability to provide quality early intervention juxtaposed upon inadequate reimbursement for clinical care and procedures, unfunded mandates for information technology systems, and organizational inconsistencies between nephrology and other specialties. We believe now is the time for the renal community and related stakeholders to unite in an effort to address the clinical, financial, and public policy issues that will enable the delivery of appropriate CKD care to this vulnerable patient population.
Posted 30 October 2008
News from IFKF Member - Hungarian Kidney Foundation
Memorial Album 1st World Kidney Day Posters
Dear IFKF Members! Pursuant to my proposal in Sicily to publish a memorial album/book containing the posters of the 1st World Kidney Day held on Thursday 9 March 2006 which documents our collective efforts, supports the cause and is a call for future help, I am now pleased to announce that Braun Eurocare Ltd has agreed to cover the expenses of this publication. Upload your original poster and one page description of your foundation to the following site: http://wkd.sote.hu (Request password from Laszlo Rosivall at rosivall@net.sote.hu)
Technical notes
A. Description of the organization and its activities: The description of your foundation/organization should be short and informative containing the year of establishment, goals, current activity, world kidney day activity, achievements and the name of the contact person. It should be in English, using Microsoft Word format, with Times New Roman, font size 12, single line spacing. Do not use text formatting!
Structure of the description:
1. The Title: First 1-3 lines, should be written in CAPITAL AND BOLD letters.
2. Authors' names: next new line.
3. Institutes, Affiliations: next new line. Name and address of institute in italics.
4. One empty line.
5. New line starts with 3 spaces, then text: The text of abstract should be no more than 400 words. Subheadings should not be used. Avoid special characters if possible and avoid unusual abbreviations.
5. Tables, illustrations and references should be avoided.
6. It is the author's responsibility to check for the accuracy of English and scientific material! Please use spellcheck!
B. 1st World Kidney Day Poster We will print the actual poster in color on right side and on left side will be the description of your foundation and its activities (according to the instructions above). It is intended that posters be readable when published. Please provide original posters in PDF format at a minimum of 300 dpi. Feel free to include any important part of your poster in the description of your activities which will be printed on the opposite page.
Laszlo Rosivall MD, PHD, DSc Med, Med habil
Professor of Pathophysiology - Head of PhD School of Medical Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University
Research Group for Pediatrics and Nephrology
Institute of Pathophysiology - Faculty of Medicine
Semmelweis University, Budapest HUNGARY
IFKF congratulates Pondicherry Kidney Foundation, India
The International Federation of Kidney Foundation is delighted to congratulate Pondicherry Kidney Foundation on it recent expansion to their dialysis services for their local community. They have just expanded their Kidney Centre to a multi-speciality state-of-the-art 100 bedded Hospital - Pondicherry Medical Mission - with provision for a Regional Kidney Institute. The Hospital’s Inauguration Ceremony is scheduled for November 2 2008. This organisation’s role fully supports the vision of the IFKF. See www.pondicherrykidneyfoundation.org for more detail or email Dr Krish Narayanan at drnana@gmail.com See Support letter for Pondicherry Kidney Foundation
Re-posted 30 October 2008
IFKF is proud to announce 4th National Convention of the Kidney Foundation of Bangladesh on 25 November 2008 and wishes its member a successful event.
This Convention will highlight "Recent advances in the treatment and Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease" and features two lectures on "Role of stem cells in the prevention of CKD". The Kidney Foundation of Bangladesh has expanded our dialysis facility from 14 dialysis machines to 20 and will be further expanded to 30 in two years time. They are also doing transplants 1-2 times a week and treatment is provided on Not for Profit basis.
www.kidneyfoundationbd.com Professor Harun Rashid rashid@bol-online.com
See IFKF support letter Kidney Foundation of Bangladesh
Posted 25 October 2008
Patient's Kidney Foundation of Iran
Hemodialysis cost in Tehran, Iran - Hemodiaysis International 2008; 12:492–498
Conclusion: Undoubtedly, dialysis is very expensive, but it is also a life-saving treatment. There is clearly room for efficiency improvement by rational strategies. Cost analysis reveals both bright and dark spots, calling for realistic implementing policies to improve treatments with cost-effective strategies.
Satellite/home HD may be an appropriate choice to decrease the overhead and personnel costs in places where they are main cost drivers (Western world). A major attempt should be made to increase PD coverage, as a comparable and possibly cheaper modality of RRT in many countries with limited budgets,1 particularly if we cannot keep all chairs full. Equally, we should mainly work on local production of bicarbonate powder and also encourage reuse in Iran and dialyzers in other countries with high numbers of ESRD patients.
On the one hand, 5 countries—the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Brazil—with 12% of the world’s population—already treat more than half of the world’s people with ESRD. More than 100 developing countries, together with a population in excess of 600 million, do not have any provision for renal replacement therapy. On the other hand, patients with ESRD comprise only a small percentage of people with chronic kidney disease and the total prevalence of chronic kidney disease may be 50 times that of treated ESRD.32 Considering CKD prevention, by initially focusing on strategies and treatments that slow disease progression, we can postpone RRT to save national and family resources
Posted 20 October 2008
We welcome three new IFKF Council Members to our family.
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
Fundacion Hondurena del Nino con del Insuficienca Renal
Robert Gernat Valladares at rgernat@hmc.hn and Evelyn Flores Pavon ef@floreshn.com
This organisation raises funds for equipment to renovate - renovation of the paediatric kidney hospital unit. Provides support to children who suffer kidney disorders through the purchase of medicines.
Uruguay - Duranzo, Montevideo
Asociation de Tranplantados del Uruguay (ATUR)
Juan Fernandez Crean jfcean@gmail.com and Miguel Castillo migsluck@hotmail.com
ATUR is a very active patients organization which promotes renal transplantation in Uruguay and participate in all activities for the prevention of chronic kidney disease and participate in World Kidney Day.
Kenya - Nairobi
Kidney Health Awareness and Treatment Options (KHATO)
Executive Director - Mr Valentine Imonje valenbede@yahoo.com
Secretary to Board - Jacinta Beti Khatunyi - khatokenya@yahoo.com
Working to advance the conditions for treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease in the region, some have acquired AIDS.
Posted 2 October 2008
Kidney Foundation of Canada - We welcome National Executive Director of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Paul Shay paul.shay@kidney.ca who replaces Gavin Turley who has retired after many year's service. Beryl Ferguson continues to be the main IFKF representative. www.kidney.ca
National Kidney Foundation of Sth Africa - Alwyn Smith has retired and will be sadly missed at our annual meetings. Alwyn is applauded for her extensive efforts in this community during her time with NKFSA - good job Alwyn. The new representative, Mr Fanie du Toit - email nkfsa@mweb.co.za takes over in November 2008. Welcome Fanie to our family.
Posted 1 October 2008
Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology © 2008 American Society of Nephrology doi: 10.2215/CJN.03320708 http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CJN.03320708v1
Publication relates to Dr Delmonico's presentation - 9th IFKF Annual International Meeting, Germany. September issue..
Journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) has published this declaration with commentary by Dr Delmonico. The Turkish physicians who are contributing to our Istanbul Meeting mAY 2009 were both participants, with Dr Mehmet Sever on the steering committee. Nephr Dial Transplant (2008) 23: 3381-3382 . doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn553 and Dominico: 552 pages.
All countries should take steps to govern organ donation and transplantation, thereby ensuring patient safety and prohibiting unethical practices. Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism is a consensus of more than 150 representatives of scientific and medical bodies from around the world, government officials, social scientists, and ethicists, who met in Istanbul, Turkey.
Acute renal failure and haemorrhagic syndrome secondary to toxin of caterpillars (Lonomia obliqua) NDT accepted article for publication August 4 2008
Further info on sudden life-threatening illness our dear friend Marianne Vennegoor experienced as part of her visit to Brazil, attending our 9th IFKF Annual Meeting. Acute renal failure and haemorrhagic syndrome secondary to toxin of caterpillars (Lonomia obliqua)
Riella et al. NDT Plus.2008; 0: sfn138v1-sfn138
Correspondence: Miguel C. Riella, Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Parana, Rua Bruno Filgueira 369, Curitiba 80240-220, Brazil. Tel.: 55-41-3342-5849; Fax: 55-41-3244-5539; mcriella@pro-renal.org.br
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