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Dear IPNA Members, Dear Friends,
2020 will be an exciting year for IPNA. The marked increase in membership to a record high of 1660 that we experienced in 2019 augurs well for the future of our community and the children and adolescents with kidney disease whom we serve. We will be rolling out a host of new programs for our members to participate in. This includes a menu of lectures from distinguished faculty in our monthly webinars, opportunities to participate in the different IPNA committees including professional education, patient education, IPNA-endorsed guidelines, registry, teaching courses and many more!
We will be encouraging more regional participation in the different IPNA programs, and will also expand our links with other Societies such as the International Society of Nephrology so that we can reach out to previously unreached low resource areas to try to improve care for children with kidney disease worldwide.
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With my best regards,
Hui Kim Yap
IPNA President
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Hui Kim Yap, New IPNA President
The IPNA Congress in Venice was not only a fabulous meeting with a unique atmosphere and excellent scientific program, but also a moment for Pierre Cochat to hand over his IPNA Presidency to prof. Hui Kim Yap from Singapore.
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"There will be many challenges for IPNA during the next 3 years, including engaging more junior members to the IPNA programs, fundraising in a difficult global financial climate, using new technology to enhance our communications and educational missions, and collaborations with other societies to fulfil the IPNA mission worldwide to give better care to Little Kidneys. I look forward to working with all our members to map out and fulfil the strategic plan of IPNA and to increase the profile of our organization and its mission!" Says Kim about her new role.
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IPNA Congress 2019 in a nutshell
Total participants: 1828 (1702 congress members and 126 exhibitor staff)
Total number of submitted Abstracts: 1281
Total number of Accepted Abstracts: 1222
Total number of Oral Communication: 102
Top 10 countries by participants: USA, Italy, UK, Japan, Brazil, India, France, Germany, Turkey, Belgium
Total number of represented countries: 112
Follow this link to recall the congress presentations, photos and detailed facts & figures.
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IPNA Membership community is growing, thank you!
Our IPNA community reached a record number of 1660 IPNA members last year, a significant number that gives hope to all children with kidney disease.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support by renewing your membership for 2020. Please note that developing countries are eligible to receive the discounted fee combined with their regional society subscription.
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Get know our members: Chris Esezobor (Nigeria)
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“Though I was dreaming of a life as an infectious disease specialist, this acute need for someone with the knowledge and skill to care for little kidneys was strong enough to sway me,” says Dr. Chris Esezobor in our interview. Dr. Esezobor is a former IPNA fellow and last year he successfully signed up his unit to become an IPNA recognized training center.
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Pediatric Nephrology in South Africa
Dr. Udai Kala is the author of the latest updates about Pediatric Nephrology in South Africa. Read the article here.
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Pediatric Nephrology in India: Kidney Foundation for Children
Learn more about Pediatric Nephrology in India and specifically about the Kidney Foundation for Children in the article written by IPNA Member, Dr. Uma Ali. Read the article here.
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IPNA Webinars
We are pleased to announce new online educational activities organized though joint effort from IPNA, ESPN and ERKNet. The webinars are broadcasted live and participants may ask questions online in real time. The webinars will also be posted online after completion on the IPNA, ESPN and ERKNet websites for those who cannot attend the live webinar.
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Congresses of the Regional Societies
First invitations for the regional meetings come from ALANEPE and ESPN. Don´t miss their annual meetings in Mexico (October 2020) and Ljubljana (September 2020).
 The abstract submission deadline for ESPN expires on April 12th 2020, with the exception of a section dedicated to "Late breaking clinical trials" for which the deadline expires on May 31st. More information on www.espn2020.org.
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IPNA Guidelines Workshop
Evidence-based Clinical Management in Pediatric Nephrology, an IPNA Scientific Workshop, is scheduled on September 10-11, 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Evidence-based clinical management in pediatric nephrology is a challenging and major goal of our Society. IPNA has successfully begun a new initiative with the aim of developing “IPNA Clinical Practice Recommendations (IPNA-CPR)”, addressing important global topics in the field of pediatric nephrology. The first IPNA-CPR on steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome will be published soon in Pediatric Nephrology.
CPR-development follows a structured process and there is a great need for information on guideline methodology as expressed by the IPNA Regional Societies. In addition, the awareness of physicians, patients and their families of existing guidelines as well as their implementation is far from optimal.
To address this, the Best Practice and Standards Committee is organizing a scientific workshop solely dedicated to guideline methodology, distribution and implementation.
The scientific workshop will be held over 1 and 1/2-days with symposia, invited lectures, free oral presentations, panel discussions, and guided poster walks preceeding the 14th Asian Congress of Pediatric Nephrology.
Dieter Haffner
Best Practices & Standards Committee Chair
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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
This important IPNA program designed to bring nephrology care to regions, where it is limited or non-existent, provides the fellow professional/hands on training in pediatric nephrology at IPNA training centers around the world.
Criteria, important documents and the online application can be found on the IPNA website.
DEADLINE: APRIL, 1
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SISTER CENTER PROGRAM
The program´s aim is to link developing pediatric renal units in less resourced regions (emerging center) to experienced pediatric renal units in well resourced regions (supporting center) on a 1 to 1 basis.
For criteria and online application, please visit the IPNA website.
DEADLINE: APRIL, 1
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Sister Center Program: Upgrade to ISN Level
We are delighted to inform you that current/future 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. Previously centres were required to make a new application at Level C.
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31 Teaching Courses took place all around the world in 2019 with 52 % in Asia, 19 % in South America and 16 % in Africa.
The teaching materials from the courses are regularly updated with new presentations and available in the membership section after logging on to the IPNA Website.
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"Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere – from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care" is the topic of the 2020 campaign.
IPNA joins the campaign every year with its own project contest and financial support. Submit your application online on our website, deadline is on February, 15.
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IPNA Patient Education
We aim for this to serve as a world-wide resource collection to provide up-to-date knowledge and educational support to our patients and their families.
We recently added the materials in Assamese, Bangla, Hindi, Gurajati, Kannada or Mayalalam.
Please help us to further develop this project and send us reliable information links/ pdfs that would add value to this resource collection.
For more information, please visit www.ipna-online.org/patient-education
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ISN World Congress of Nephrology is drawing closer and we are happy to be part of it. We hope to see you at our joint session, "Improving outcomes for patients with CKD and sickle cell disease" on March, 27. See you in Abu Dhabi!
www.theisn.org/
www.wcn2020.org/
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Events coming soon
14th Asian Congress of Pediatric Nephrology Taipei (Taiwan), September 11-13
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Become an IPNA contributor!
Do you have any interesting news in the field of Pediatric Nephrology? Have you participated in an IPNA Teaching Course, are you doing the fellowship programme or have you recently visited an interesting workshop or congress? Contact Lucie from the IPNA Office at office@ipna-online.org
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IPNA Administrative Office
E-mail: office@ipna-online.org
Address: C-IN, 5.kvetna 65, Prague Congress Centre, 140 21, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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