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Ukraine<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Clinical Research program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Kazakhstan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarship <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Uganda<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Fellowship <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t USA <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Educational Ambassadors <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Georgia<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Sister Renal Centers <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t India<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Vietnam<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Mentorship<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Uganda<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISN Emerging Leaders <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The ISN works hand-in-hand with several partner organizations, encouraging intra-regional collaborations and enhancing training and education possibilities in selected fields of nephrology.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n We would like to acknowledge the following partners that are currently supporting the ISN programs through unrestricted educational grants.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1737120906049{margin-bottom: 40px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #efe7dc !important;border-left-color: #ff675b !important;border-left-style: dotted !important;border-right-color: #ff675b !important;border-right-style: dotted !important;border-top-color: #ff675b !important;border-top-style: dotted !important;border-bottom-color: #ff675b !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Learn how our grants can help you grow your expertise, strengthen your organization, and contribute to a global effort to advance kidney health.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Discover ISN Grants” shape=”round” color=”pink” size=”xl” align=”right” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-arrow-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theisn.org%2Fin-action%2Fgrants%2F|||”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion spacing=”5″ gap=”5″ c_position=”right” active_section=”0″ collapsible_all=”true” el_class=”accordion-isn”][vc_tta_section title=”The ISN Fellowship Program” tab_id=”impact-fellowship”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Since 1985, the\u00a0ISN Fellowship Program<\/a>\u00a0has supported\u00a0over 800 fellows from 90 emerging countries<\/b>. The program encourages professional fulfillment and supports equitable healthcare by establishing Fellows as valuable leaders in their home region qualified to share knowledge and experience.<\/p>\n Many past ISN Fellows make use of other ISN Programs and become involved in ISN committees or supporting groups. To highlight the potential for personal growth and professional influence that the Fellowship Program provides to all Fellows, ISN presents here a sample of past Fellows with notable active participation in and commitment to ISN activities.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sister Renal Centers Program” tab_id=”impact-src”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n In the early nineties, ISN leadership began discussions on active collaboration between established kidney care centers and emerging centers from low-resources areas. By 1996, 17 active partnerships were established and a further 16 were in a formative stage. These paired centers would become known as the\u00a0Sister Renal Centers\u00a0<\/a>. Today, 63 partnerships are active within the Sister Renal Centers Program.<\/p>\n The overall impact of the ISN SRC Program on emerging centers is highlighted here by describing the successes of three SRC partnerships who graduated in 2019, having completed the six-year process involving a gradual progression through three possible upgrades from level C to level A.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4635″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1597316308884{border-radius: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]When the partnership was formed in 2014, the goal was to establish the first Nephrology service in Fiji, acting as a hub for the development of Nephrology in the Pacific Islands.<\/p>\n Supported by the program, the hospital published a\u00a0paper<\/a>\u00a0demonstrating that Fiji has one of the highest rates of end-stage kidney disease worldwide. The conclusions of this analysis were pivotal in the Fijian government\u2019s decision to provide funding to set up a National Kidney Research and treatment center to improve access to kidney care for all.<\/p>\n The SRC program has been directly responsible for establishing organized renal care in Fiji. The Colonial War Museum hospital now has a dedicated renal clinic team and has established and maintained a renal biopsy program as well as a hemodialysis for acute kidney injury program that has treated hundreds of patients. The Fiji Nephrology Symposium has been run annually for five years and is now aligned with the Fiji Medical Association conference.<\/p>\n An electronic dialysis registry has been established to support improved data collection on the characteristics and outcomes of chronic dialysis in Fiji. A nascent culture of research has emerged with one peer-reviewed publication and seven abstracts accepted and presented, ensuring an improved scorecard on the\u00a0Global Kidney Health Atlas<\/a>\u00a0between 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n Fiji now has a Nephrology workforce comprising one nephrologist, one ISN Fellow, general physicians supporting Nephrology, and a network of motivated and increasingly experienced renal nurses able to benefit the next generation of clinicians.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4638″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1597316322458{border-radius: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The main goal was to begin pediatric renal r-transplantations (KT) in the emerging center in Moscow. The first KT was performed on November 1, 2017. Since then, 25 KT\u2019s have been performed with great success at the emerging center.<\/p>\n Nephrologists, surgeons, and anesthesiologists were trained in intensive care, fluid and electrolyte management, surgical techniques, induction, and continuous immunosuppression at the supporting center in Helsinki in 2018 and 2019. Supporting center personnel visited Moscow twice with educational programs and activities addressing CKD care and the complications of pediatric kidney transplantation.<\/p>\n Secondary goals were also attained: general principles and approach in psychosocial issues of pediatric CKD and transplantation were shared between specialists at the centers. The clinical practice of congenital nephrotic syndrome was explored and conveyed to the emerging center. Indications and principles of molecular genetics in pediatric kidney diseases were discussed at length and a program of care for children with hereditary kidney disease was developed collaboratively and implemented at the emerging center.<\/p>\n The success of the program secured the employment of two experienced doctors at the center.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4640″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1597316331477{border-radius: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The focus was on improving the knowledge of local nephrologists in renal care and training local pathologists.<\/p>\n From 2014 to 2019, six\u00a0Continuing Medical Education<\/a>\u00a0(CME) courses in Renal Pathology were held from basic to advanced levels. Further courses took place in nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation covering all aspects of kidney diseases.<\/p>\n Staff from the Pathology and Kidney Diseases and Dialysis departments of the Viet Duc Hospital attended short-term training courses in Japan, and the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN) and the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) held scientific meetings in Tokyo.<\/p>\n Prior to the SRC Program, only two basic staining techniques were available for kidney biopsy samples for optic microscopy. Now five basic staining techniques are carried out routinely. The number of kidney biopsies carried out per year has increased from 50 cases in 2014 to 300 cases in 2019.<\/p>\n In order to promote the early detection and prevention of kidney disease and provide more evidence for policy making within the Vietnamese health care system, an epidemiology survey and urinalysis were conducted in 2695 Vietnamese subjects to detect risk factors for CKD and urine abnormalities.<\/p>\n The Viet Duc Pathology department has become a center of reference for seven other hospitals. Collaborative relationships between nephrologists and other relevant specialists in Hanoi and Northern Vietnam have been established as well as between local and international specialists creating the potential for future research projects and motivating young professionals to work in the field.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4641″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Building on an existing partnership between the Vrije Universiteit medical center in Amsterdam and the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya, the ISN Sister Renal Centers Program supported the development of a\u00a0renal\u00a0unit, including dialysis and renal transplantation, at MTRH.<\/p>\n Vascular surgeons from VUme visited MTRH to teach local surgeons how to create an AV fistula. The unit was eventually able to establish a training program for dialysis nurses and now performs over 1600 dialysis treatments per month.<\/p>\n Training was given to all nephrologists, surgeons, and operating room nurses by their VUme counterparts so that renal transplants could be performed at MTRH. The first three living-related renal transplant procedures were successfully performed by collaborating physicians from VUme and MTRH, and repeated several times a year until 2018 when MTRH carried out their first fully independent transplant procedure. In 2019, 43 living-related renal transplant procedures were performed and at least one procedure every other week is scheduled in 2020.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Educational Ambassadors Program” tab_id=”impact-ambassadors”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The ISN\u00a0Educational Ambassadors Program (EAP)<\/a>\u00a0was launched in 2009 to provide renal centers in developing countries with visiting international experts, recognized by the ISN, to provide specific hands-on training and help develop new skills or services needed in the host institution.<\/p>\n Through this program, centers around the world receive the guidance needed to develop new services and community-based research or screening programs.<\/p>\n For one to four weeks, Educational Ambassadors visit an emerging center to help lay the groundwork for a potential long-term collaboration between the host center and the ISN ambassador, extending the mentorship via teleconferences or videoconferences where necessary.<\/p>\n ISN Ambassadors advise on clinical cases and research, assist in the implementation of new projects and initiatives in the emerging centers, as well as help empower local professionals, including nurses and technicians, to improve the quality of life and survival rate of patients. Some host centers have started dialysis programs after the visit of the ISN ambassador.<\/p>\n The overall impact of the program is demonstrated through these recent collaborations made possible through the EAP.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Dr Stefano Picca<\/strong>, pediatric nephrologist and former Head of Dialysis Unit at Bambino Ges\u00f9 Children’s Hospital in Italy, has been an active ISN Educational Ambassador often linking his educational role to the\u00a0Saving Young Lives<\/a>\u00a0project.<\/p>\n In 2018, Dr. Picca collaborated with Laurence Adonis-Koffy at Abidjan\u2019s Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, to design a much-needed lecture on pediatric acute kidney injury, its causes, and treatment.<\/p>\n In 2019, he joined forces with Younoussa Keita, one of only two trained nephrologists at H\u00f4pital Aristide Le Dantec in Senegal, to hold a week-long course specifically focused on training doctors and nurses in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment for children with acute kidney injury, providing guidance that was central to setting up a long-awaited pediatric unit.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n ISN Educational Ambassador Dr. Malcolm Lewis<\/strong>, pediatric nephrologist at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, gave two weeks of training, organized by Dr Felicia Elke, at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in Nigeria in August 2019, as a follow-up to previous visits in 2015, 2017, and 2018.<\/p>\n Instruction focused on formal nephrology teaching, detection and prevention of renal disease with a community focus, and practical clinical nephrology with teaching and practice on the wards. Dr. Lewis\u2019 prolonged visit enabled him to oversee the complete management of some patients and, thus, directly impacted the quality of their care.<\/p>\n Dr. Lewis helped develop a pediatric Renal Registry for Nigeria in collaboration with a local registry committee. All 38 pediatric units in Nigeria are now enrolled. Data entry tools were created on a secure website, easily accessible by mobile phone, and data collection began on September 1, 2019.<\/p>\n This data is an invaluable tool for securing state and federal funding for the service. The response to the project from the Transplant Association of Nigeria was so favorable that Dr. Lewis was asked to assist with the development of an adult registry.<\/p>\n According to Dr. Lewis, the presence of an Ambassador in UPTH allowed the translation of standard practices into what was feasible with available resources, commenting: \u201cI can vouch for the value of having an experienced pediatric nephrologist going to places of limited resources and working through problems with the local teams\u2026on the ground, dealing with problems as they occur is enlightening and can lead to innovative solutions as well as a strategic plan for development.\u201d<\/p>\n The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in Nigeria is also in a partnership\u00a0with a center in New York and another one in the UK\u00a0as part of the ISN\u00a0SRC Program<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n In 2018, Dr Yi Yi Khin<\/strong>, from Yangon Children\u2019s Hospital (YCH) in Myanmar, organized an EA visit from Ambassador Kar Hui Ng from the National University of Singapore. Dr. Ng spent a week at the host center to give training in dialysis and transplantation and to provide local medical professionals with the confidence and infrastructure to perform their first pediatric renal transplantation.<\/p>\n This event was widely featured in the local press bringing it to the attention of Burma’s Ministry of Health who pledged to increase resources into pediatric nephrology.<\/p>\n Dr. Ng commented on her greatest reward from the visit: \u201cThe big smile on the transplanted patient!\u201d, explaining that the young patient \u201cno longer has to stay in the hospital for years to receive chronic hemodialysis. She can go home and go to school.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Rea Judit Jerabekne Vegh<\/strong>, a registered nurse from Diaverum and Guys and St Thomas NHS Hospital in the UK, spent two weeks as an ISN Educational Ambasssador at the Charak Memorial Hospital (CMH), in Pokhara, Nepal, in November 2019. The visit was organized by Dr. Klara Paudel from the host institution.<\/p>\n The aim of the EAP visit was to increase the quality of care in the dialysis center and to provide advanced training to nurses at CMH, empowering them to become leading trainers in the region who are able to make decisions and suggestions concerning their patients and mentor junior staff.<\/p>\n The training centered on hemodialysis and focused on advanced techniques, improvements, and infection control. New techniques, procedures, and infection control measures were implemented immediately improving overall trouble-shooting and critical thinking capacity and positively affecting patient safety.<\/p>\n An interactive theory and practice training course was organized as part of the EAP visit to include nurses from other centers within the region. A patient education program for dialysis patients, \u201cPositive Thinking on Dialysis,\u201d also took place addressing diet, tiredness, and positive thinking. This event appeared in the local newspaper because of the favorable impact it had on the patients.<\/p>\n According to Rea Vegh, the nurses were eager to learn and responded positively to the encouragement to follow new procedures and to become confident enough to make decisions and try new approaches in case of problems. She comments that a highlight of her experience at CMH was: \u201cTo see the staff accepting and understanding the new practice as they took the initiative, and from one day to another, started to use some new techniques proving that their critical thinking has improved.\u201d<\/p>\n Rea Vegh plans to establish a WhatsApp group with the nurses to share problems, solutions, and lessons learned. She hopes to visit again when the new unit is in operation saying: \u201cIt would be beneficial to spend a whole week on infection control, to help the senior management team with writing standard operating procedures, and start an auditing program.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sister Renal Centers Trio Program” tab_id=”impact-srctrio”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n After graduation,\u00a0ISN Sister Renal<\/a>\u00a0Centers or\u00a0ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers<\/a>\u00a0partnerships can opt to support a third emerging center within the region through the ISN SRC Trio Program.<\/p>\n Three recently graduated Trio partnerships demonstrate the valuable impact these collaborations can have on local nephrology capacity. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4654″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Prior to 2014, the NIZU had a large number of patients with kidney disease but lacked diagnostic expertise and equipment in renal pathology. With the help of INPU and the BWH, they were able to set up their own pathology department for kidney diseases in Henan Province. Nurses and doctors received training in clinical and pathology skills to improve expertise and accuracy in the diagnosis and treatment of rare and complex diseases, and their prognosis.<\/p>\n The hospital wards grew from three to six, increasing bed capacity from 193 to 308. The renal replacement therapy center expanded to include two blood purification centers and two peritoneal dialysis centers. Equipment increased to include 132 blood dialysis machines, over 170 blood purification machines, and 45 continuous renal replacement therapy units. A peritoneal dialysis hotline was set up to provide better services for patients.<\/p>\n NIZU joined the\u00a0TESTING<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0C-STRIDE<\/a>\u00a0clinical research trials initiated by INPU. 36 national projects were allocated to NIZU by various organizations including the Ministry of science and technology, the Medical Management Institute of National Health and Family Planning Commission, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. 200 articles were published in Chinese medical journals.<\/p>\n In 2018, NIZU established the first Dialysis Pathway Operation Center for Uremia in the Henan Province. According to China Hospital Science and Technology Influence Ranking, the institute rose from 17th<\/sup>\u00a0place in 2016 to 11th<\/sup>\u00a0place in 2018.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4655″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The goal here was to establish a pediatric nephrology service in Ethiopia, transfer knowledge and skills, and equip the emerging center in data collection and analysis to produce reliable, reputable studies.<\/p>\n The emerging center, initially run by only one senior pediatric nephrologist, expanded to acquire two additional pediatric nephrologists trained through the SRC Program. Two renal follow-up centers have now been set up, one in the emerging center and an additional institution in the capital as an outreach program. The supporting center provided acute PD and HD catheters, biopsy guns, and BP apparatus for all age groups. Children who have received transplants abroad can now receive post-operative care within the emerging center. The total number of pediatric nephrologists has increased to five in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n A pediatric nephrology subspecialty curriculum was developed for the emerging institution. Teaching materials were produced and\u00a0Continual Medical Education<\/a>\u00a0(CME) meetings were held to reach pediatricians caring for children with kidney diseases.<\/p>\n With the support of the program, TASH made multiple poster presentations both nationally and internationally. In 2019, they received the best abstract award at the AFPNA congress in India for sharing their experience of using improvised acute PD solutions to provide RRT via rigid catheters. A research grant was awarded to TASH through the\u00a0ISN Clinical Research Program<\/a>\u00a0to conduct the first large prospective AKI study in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n Bezaye Abebe, liaison officer at the emerging center, states: \u201cThe bright faces we see when our children beat death and come back for [a] follow-up, is a reason to push through every day against all the limitations in the country.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4653″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The goal was to improve pediatric nephrology in the Southwest region of Colombia by:<\/p>\n Through the program, staff from SLV were able to visit Boston Children\u2019s Hospital to receive training. The emerging center benefitted from additional ISN programs, including fifteen\u00a0Continuing Medical Education<\/a>\u00a0(CME) meetings hosting international speakers, and an\u00a0Educational Ambassador (EA) Program<\/a>\u00a0visit from Dr Guido Filler, from the Children\u2019s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n Support from the urology and nephrology teams from Boston Children\u2019s Hospital helped develop a myelodysplasia clinic as well as a pediatric nephrology unit in Popoy\u00e0n for the assistance and follow-up of pediatric patients with renal pathology. An approved AKI network was established in Cali and Popay\u00e0n Intensive Care Units.<\/p>\n Both the supporting and mentoring institutions provided training to two transplant surgeons, one adult nephrologist, one pediatric nephrologist, and one pediatric intensivist as well as three nurses enabling the development of a pediatric renal transplant service at Hospital San Jose-Popay\u00e0n including a transition program for adolescents with kidney transplants.<\/p>\n Several research studies were carried out and a research group on kidney diseases in the indigenous population was initiated as part of an effort to increase awareness and associated risks of renal diseases in children in the TOTORO aboriginal community.<\/p>\n In a final report on the impact of the program, the emerging center stated: \u201cWe have always received permanent and timely support for everything requested from the ISN\u2026We believe that ISN is an example of excellent support for the entire nephrology community that encourages people to work in an organized way, impacting the prevention of kidney disease in the world.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Program” tab_id=”impact-stc”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The ISN-TTS STC Program was launched in 2013 as a joint initiative between the ISN and the Transplantation Society (TTS) to develop transplantation services in low and middle-income (LMIC) countries either by pairing an experienced center to help build on an existing low-level transplant program; or by assisting an established regional nephrology service to develop a renal transplant program.<\/p>\n The STC Program has proved to be extremely popular and successful, growing substantially to include centers that continue to progress to successive levels of the program.<\/p>\n Here are just two examples of the significant impact the program has had on centers:[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”50″ style=”solid” accent_color=”#6fc8bb”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/SWcJ4nLjjDE” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]In 2013, a sister center partnership was established between the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Foundation for Children with Kidney Diseases in Guatemala (FUNDANIER). 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<\/div>\nTransform kidney care with ISN Grants<\/h2>\n
The ISN Fellowship Program: 35 years of providing specialist training to doctors from emerging countries to improve kidney health in their home country<\/h2>\n
ISN Impact: Sister Renal Centers Program<\/h2>\n
Emerging Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Fiji<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Australia<\/h4>\n
Emerging Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
National Medical Research Center for Children\u00b4s Health, Institute of Pediatrics NCZD Moscow, Russia<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, New Children\u00b4s Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland<\/h4>\n
Emerging Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Viet Duc Hospital, Vietnam<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Juntendo University, Japan<\/h4>\n
Emerging Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Kenya<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Amsterdam UMC (VUme), The Netherlands<\/h4>\n
ISN Impact: Educational Ambassadors Program<\/h2>\n
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ISN Impact: Sister Renal Centers Trio Program<\/h2>\n
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Nephrology Institute, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou (NIZU), China<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution:<\/h3>\n
Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing (INPU), China<\/h4>\n
Mentoring Institution:<\/h3>\n
Renal Division, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital (BWH), Harvard University.<\/h4>\n
Emerging Institution:<\/h3>\n
Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH), Ethiopia<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution:<\/h3>\n
St. John\u2019s Medical College, India<\/h4>\n
Mentoring Institution:<\/h3>\n
Montreal Children’s Hospital, Canada<\/h4>\n
Emerging Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Susana L\u00f3pez de Valencia, Colombia<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
Fundaci\u00f3n Valle del Lili (FVL), Colombia<\/h4>\n
Mentoring institution:<\/h3>\n
Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n
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Our Impact: ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Program<\/h2>\n
Emerging Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
the Foundation for Children with Kidney Diseases in Guatemala (FUNDANIER)<\/h4>\n
Supporting Institution<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n
the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)<\/h4>\n