world kidney day (wkd) is a joint initiative of the international society of nephrology (isn) and the international federation of kidney foundations (ifkf). seven years on from the first campaign, world kidney day (wkd) has turned into a global phenomenon. on march 13, 2014, medical professionals, government officials, the general public, celebrities and patients took action locally. in 2014, t...

Gavin J Becker, MD, FRACP (Work Group Co-Chair), is Professor and Director of Nephrology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Clinical Director of Renal and Endocrinology Services at Melbourne Health. He maintains an active role in numerous professional societies including serving as a current member of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Executive Committee, Cochrane Renal Collaborati...

This supplement of the Journal of American Society of Nephrology contains some of the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Hypertension and the Kidney. The Conference, held in Madrid, Spain, in February 2006, was organized by the Department of Nephrology of the Hospital General, Universitario Gregorio Marañón, under the sponsorship of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spani...

Rashad Sami Barsoum, a pioneer in nephrology Egypt and Africa, former secretary general of the International Society Nephrology inaugural past president African Association Nephrology, died on 25 October 2022, at age 81.

1Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) for Turkey, 2RDRTF of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), 3Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Renal Disaster Relief Task Force European Branch, Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium and 5Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Universit...