General Information
The ISN has long since recognized that treating nephrology as a solo discipline will not allow us to achieve our desired aim of reducing the incidence and impact of kidney disease worldwide.
With the increased understanding of the role of the kidneys in general health and many other related diseases, the ISN has set up several new collaborations and alliances over the last few years. New collaborative partnerships, coalitions, and alliances have been actively pursued in order to expand ISN’s reach and promote the importance of nephrology in and around other interrelated specialties (primarily obesity, cardiology, hypertension, diabetes and transplantation, including general practitioners) as well as non-physician groups such as nurses, technicians, pharmacists, nutritionists, social workers and patients.
Collaborations
Global Alliance for Transplantation (GAT)
The ISN is a member of the Global Alliance for Transplantation; an initiative driven by The Transplant Society with the goal to address global inequities in access to transplantation.
High Blood Pressure Stakeholder Group
A formally launched, eminent group of major regional and international societies in the fields of hypertension, cardiology, stroke, diabetes and nephrology (including ISN) calls for an immediate concerted public policy effort to manage the threat posed by high blood pressure.
KDIGO
In March 2005 the ISN Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (CPGC) examined the Position Statement issued by Kidney Disease: Improvement of Global Outcomes on the Definition and Classification of Chronic Kidney Disease based on the respective Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) Guidelines published in 2002
Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)
To approach healthcare on a multidisciplinary and global level, the ISN created a new committee to work more effectively and closely with other related medical specialties. The ISN Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) was set up in 2006 to identify and engage in collaborative relationships with relevant non-renal medical groups.
World Kidney Day (WKD)
The ISN and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) joined forces to create and successfully launch World Kidney Day which was inaugurated on March 9, 2006.
European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA)
This coalition was launched to raise awareness on a European level about the need for renal prevention in order to improve patient care and facilitate additional funding for education, training and research. EKHA is composed of groups working with patients and other European renal (physician and non-physician) organizations).
Affiliated Societies
To establish a more formal and effective network among renal organizations around the world, ISN has sought to establish and intensify formal ties with national and regional renal societies.
Corporate Partners
ISN has set up a collaborative forum in order to provide an appropriate platform for the corporate partners to exchange views with our Society.
