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GREAT CARE FOR LITTLE KIDNEYS. EVERYWHERE.
Collaboration across borders to improve access to care.
Linking developing pediatric renal units in less well resourced regions (EMERGING CENTRE) to experienced pediatric renal units in well resourced regions (SUPPORTING CENTRE) on a 1:1 basis.
Assist in improving:
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Name and position of Applicant with CV | |
Centre – Name and geographic region Support letter from Hospital CEO | |
Motivation for application including needs and goals of Host centre | Motivation for application – How Supporting Centre can support Host centre for 2 year commitment |
Financial plan – with breakdown of how money will be spent | |
Existing hospital facilities at the Host centre:
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Describe assistance in terms of:
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Past IPNA fellows | Main Language of communication |
Recipients of the IPNA Sister Renal Centre Program will be able to competitively apply to the ISN Sister Renal Center Program at Level B, and subsequently if successful Level A after completion of the IPNA program. Find out more here.
Application submissions open in February and close April 1 of every calendar year. More details will be announced when the application process opens.
Program applicants who have not identified a supporting center should refer to the list of interested centers available in the button below before completing the application.
Fiona Mackie, IPNA Sister Renal Centers Program Committee Chair
February 26, 2024:
Applications are now open for the upcoming cycle!
We invite interested institutions to apply for this excellent opportunity to foster collaboration and exchange in the field of pediatric nephrology.
Award: 3000 USD
Number of Awards: 5 sister pair centers will be selected this year
If you have any problem with the online application, please send the offline version to office@theipna.org with requested documents attached.
Puerto Rico – Guatemala
The pilot project of IPNA Sister Renal Centers Program was the partnership between the Supporting Center in Puerto Rico (Dr. Melvin Bonilla-Félix, Director of Center in Puerto Rico) and Emerging Center in Guatemala, directed by Dr. Randall Lou-Meda.
South Africa – Nigeria
The second project of Sister Renal Centers Program (2019-2021) has started between National Hospital in Abuja/Nigeria and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) & University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg/South Africa. Latest updates about this cooperation will follow soon.
India – Pakistan
The third approved project is the cooperation between Dr Ijaz and the team at KEMU, Lahore, Pakistan and Dr Bagga’s team at All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Dr Ijaz’s heartwarming response to the news was: “I owe you the biggest gratitude for accepting our application for IPNA Sister Renal Centers Program. This will surely help us to develop and enhance teaching, training and research activities at our centre. Our part of the world has huge numbers of patients but limited opportunities.”
Singapore – Bangladesh
Collaboration between Pediatric Nephrology Units in Singapore and Bangladesh was approved in April 2021 as a new IPNA Sister Renal Centers Program. The program runs for 2 years with the possibility to apply for level B of the ISN Sister Center Program.
“We have started our Sister Centre Program on 29 June 2021. We have observed lots of enthusiasm among our junior and senior colleagues. At the end of the teaching session, we all celebrated the opening session and welcomed IPNA for their support,”
wrote Dr. Hague from Bangladesh.
India – Ghana
In 2021 we have been able to award 2 successful applications the IPNA Sister Renal Centers Program grant instead of one. Congratulations go to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana supported by St Johns Hospital Bengaluru, India.
USA – Jamaica
In 2022, congratulations go to National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippines supported by Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia and Cornwall Regional Hospital, Jamaica supported by Children’s National Hospital, Washington/USA. We look forward to hearing about their joint activities!
Australia – Philippines
The second Sister Center Program approved in 2022 is the collaboration between Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Australia and National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Philippines.
Hong Kong – Bangladesh
2023: Congratulations on your success and we wish you the best for your partnership!
Emerging Centre:
Department of Pediatric Nephrology
Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Supporting Centre:
Paediatric Nephrology Centre
Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (Hong Kong)
Singapore – Philippines (trio)
2023: The first trio-center program. Congratulations on your success and we wish you the best for your partnership!
Emerging Centres:
Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) &
University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH)
(Manila, Philippines)
Supporting Centre:
Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute
(Singapore)
“Super grateful to IPNA for allowing us to partner with the Pediatric nephrology teams at PCMC and PGH. We hope that this will be a great learning experience for all. Looking forward to the upcoming collaboration.”
Haffezah (CKC Nurse);, Dr. Mya Than, Dr. Ana Alas; Dr. David Lu, Dr. Sharon Teo, Ms. Siew Leng
Children´s Kidney Centre – National University Children’s Medical Institute, Singapore
More reactions from our new “trio” are HERE.
France – Senegal
2023: Congratulations on your success and we wish you the best for your partnership!
Emerging Centre:
Pediatric Nephrology Unit of Abss Ndao Hospital
(Dakar, Senegal)
Supporting Center:
Pediatric Nephrology Unit
Necker Hospital (Paris, France)
Colombia – Ecuador
2023: Congratulations on your success and we wish you the best for your partnership!
Emerging Centre:
Hospital de Niños “Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde”
(Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Supporting Centre:
Fundacion Valle del Lili Pediatric Nephrology Service
(Cali, Colombia)
United Kingdom – India
2023: Congratulations on your success and we wish you the best for your partnership!
Emerging Centre:
Department of Pediatric Nephrology
Sir Padampat Institute of Neonatal and Pediatric Health, SMS Medical College
(Jaipur, India)
Supporting Centre:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
(London, UK)
“We are glad to be part of the prestigious Sister Renal Centre Collaboration.It is a wonderful concept of mentor-mentee collabration.We are thankful to nephrology division of GOSH, Dr.Ruksana Shroff. and Dr. Faidra Veligratli for accepting to mentor us.
Though we have been providing nephrology services for last 20 years, developing a robust peritoneal dialysis program with respect to home dialysis and reaching out to patients unable to avail RRT services , making it sustainable.,would go a long way in improving patient care .
We wish to thank IPNA for this wonderful opportunity and we are looking forward to these two years to come.
Dr Neha Agarwal, Associate professor, Department of pediatric nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur