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GREAT CARE FOR LITTLE KIDNEYS. EVERYWHERE.

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Optimal care for all children with kidney disease

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Who we are The International Pediatric Nephrology Association is a global, nonprofit, charitable organization that believes that all children deserve to be healthy and receive optimal treatment and care for kidney disease regardless of their economic level or political choice.

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Membership

IPNA Membership provides resources to improve the care of children with renal disease all over the world.

The International Pediatric Nephrology Association includes over 1,800 members from 113 countries.

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Programs IPNA supports clinical education worldwide

Many opportunities exist to teach and learn how to improve kidney health in children all over the world.

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IPNA Junior Master Classes

IPNA Junior Master Classes provides advanced teaching in pediatric nephrology in collaboration with Regional Societies.

IPNA Junior Classes
Fellowship Program

IPNA offers fellowships to pediatricians that are geographically isolated from pediatric nephrology training centers.

Fellowship Program
Teaching Courses

Teaching courses are taught by a group of 3-5 internationally renowned Pediatric Nephrologists with outstanding teaching credentials.

Teaching Courses
IPNA Journal Club

Follow IPNA Journal Club on Twitter under @ipnajc for the latest news and journal club topic reveals and discussions.

IPNA Journal Club
Registry

The IPNA Global Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Registry was developed to increase the quantity and the quality of information on pediatric ESRD and RRT around the world.

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IPNA Sister Program

Linking developing pediatric renal units in less well resourced regions (Emerging Centres) to experienced pediatric renal units in well resourced regions (Supporting Centres) on a 1 to 1 basis.

IPNA Sister Program

IPNA in numbers

IPNA’s work is crucial to improving the health of children’s kidney health everywhere. Here are some examples of of the great work happening internationally.

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Event February 19-23, 2025
20th IPNA Congress
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Event November 8 – 9, 2024
IPNA TC: Hereditary Kidney Disease: Bucharest international Symposium on Nephrology’s Hidden Challenges, Romania
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Event October 16, 2024
ALANEPE Webinar series: Use of C5 inhibitors in kidney transplant AHUS
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Event September 24-29, 2024
56th ESPN Annual Meeting 
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Event September 11
ALANEPE Webinar series: Use of C5 inhibitors beyond AHUS in kidney diseases
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Event September 11 -15, 2024
International Neonatal Nephrology Symposium (INNS), Sept 11-15, 2024, Birmingham, USA
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Event 21 – 23 August, 2024
IPNA Teaching Course: 5th Primer in Paediatric Nephrology for Asia and 5th IPNA-AsPNA Master for Junior Classes, Singapore
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Event August 14, 2024
ALANEPE Webinar series: Optimal duration of treatment with anti-C5 AHUS inhibitors
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Event July 26 – 27, 2024
IPNA Teaching Course: 6th Annual Pediatric Conclave 2024 Nephrology
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Event July 20 – 21, 2024
IPNA Teaching Course: Young Kidneys 2024 & Dr Georgi Abraham 2nd Annual oration
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Event July 17, 2024
ALANEPE Webinar series: Role of genetic study and C5 inhibitors in secondary TMA
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Event June 19, 2024
ALANEPE Webinar series: Overview of genetic diagnosis in AHUS
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Event May 22, 2024
ALANEPE Webinar series: AHUS diagnosis: difficulties to rule out other TMA
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Event May 18, 2024
IPNA Teaching course: Updates in the management of Pediatric Hypertension, Karachi, Pakistan
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Event May 8, 2024
IPNA Teaching course: “Kidney Genomics for Practicing Nephrologists”, Cairo, Egypt
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Grand Rounds in Pediatric Nephrology — an ISN-IPNA Sister Centers initiative: “Challenges in diagnosis and treatment of lupus nephritis in a low-middle income country”, June 20, 2024
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children Effective immediately, a full-time…
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Grand Rounds in Pediatric Nephrology — an ISN-IPNA Sister Centers initiative: “Renovascular hypertension in children.”, May 30, 2024
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ALANEPE Webinar Series 2024/ WEBINARS SERIES 2024: ACTUALIZACIÓN AHUS
The information link is:  https://www.alanepe.org/webinars-series-2024-actualizacion-ahus/