Transcript THE IMPORTANCE OF 9 MARCH WORLD KIDNEY DAY Prof. Dr. Ayla SAN Foundation Civilization Day, Foundation Week May 8-14, 2006 Anatolia Kidney Foundation.

THE IMPORTANCE OF 9 MARCH WORLD KIDNEY DAY
Prof. Dr. Ayla SAN
Foundation Civilization Day, Foundation Week May 8-14, 2006
Anatolia Kidney Foundation Day, May 8, 2006
World Kidney Day an Idea Whose Time Has Come
Kidney International (2006) 69, 781-782.
doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000250
International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF)
and International Society of Nephrology Developed a
Committee for World Kidney Day. Members of Worl
Kidney Day Committee Below:
Allan J Collins MD, Committee Chair, IFKF, William G Couser MD
President, ISN, John H Dirks MD ISN, Joel D Kopple MD IFKF,
Thomas Reiser Executive Director, ISN, Miguel C Riella MD ISN,
Sheila Robinson BA ISN, Sudhir V Shah MD President, IFKF and
Anne Wilson IFKF
WORLD KIDNEY DAY (WKD)
International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF)
International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
Jointly Proposed to Celebrade a ‘World
Kidney Day’
Therefore The World Kidney Day will be established on the second
Thursday in March each year
The Keynote of the First World Kidney
Day was “Early Detection and
Prevention”
The authorities are worried about; Chronic
kidney diseases and vascular diseases will kill
36 million people by the year 2015.
6th International Conference of the International
Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF)
31 May -3rd June DUBLIN IRELAND
The theme of conference was
Early Detection & Preventetion of Chronic Kidney Disease
QUESTIONNAIRE
Kidney Disease (and related chronic diseases eg diabetes, hypertension) Prevention and Detection
Name:
Country or Area being represented:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
What is actually happening with kidney disease (and related chronic diseases eg diabetes, hypertension)
prevention and detection?
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What would you like to see happening?
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We prepared a Researching Form on Kidney
Diseases, Hypertension, Their Early Detection and
Diagnosis in 1998.
Ankara, Turkey, 1998
We prepared a Researching Form on Kidney
Diseases, Hypertension, Their Early Detection and
Diagnosis in 1998.
Gümüşhane, Turkey, 1998
WORLD KIDNEY DAY
 To increase awareness of chronic kidney disease
and its associated cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality
To draw attention to the urgent global need for
early detection and prevention of chronic kidney
disease.
To celebrate World Kidney on the second
Thursday in March each year.
It is launched on Thursday, March 9, 2006
It will be fully inaugurated on Thursday, March 8,
2007.
World Kidney Day’s (WKD) Principal Focus;
To raise awareness of much more people.
To raise awareness of primary healthcare professionals
about both the role of the kidney as a risk marker in related
chronic diseases and the pressing need for early detection of
any form of kidney impairment.
On the Other Hand
Screening and management of chronic renal disease
which becomes increasingly common.
 In a holy purpose they aimed to prevent Renal
Diseases which threat to public health and health
budgets worldwide
 And to promote all efforts in this concept.
 This holy purpose is celebration of World Kidney
Day.
EARLY DETECTION
To detect the people who are in high hazard.
 Particularly 50 years old people.
The patients who have diabetes story in their families.
 To detect patients individually who suffer
hypertension.
To diagnose by performing systematic analysis.
World Kidney Day:
• Emphasizes the role of the kidney.
• And the importance of urine testing..
• Emphasis will be placed on monitoring of kidney
diseases, the efficacy of methods for slowing or preventing
the progression of kidney disease; the effective measures
available to treat kidney diseases.
•The World Kidney Day specifically target general
physicians and primary healthcare providers with a view to
raising their awareness of need for early intervention to
prevent progression to chronic kidney diseases.)
The primary purposes of these days are to bring the
specific disease to the forefront as an issue for
personal/family health
And to provide information about early symptoms and
the simple clinical and laboratory tests available for
diagnosis.
Main Goals;
 Media attention, interviews with affected patients,
community awareness programs, and professional
education efforts all create awareness that affect public
attitudes and behaviors toward prevention and early
treatment of the specific disease being profiled.
 The World Kidney Day reminds people
that chronic renal disease leads
progressions of other chronic diseases..
For instance; Chronic Renal Disease
increases the risk of Cardiovascular
Diseases and Stroke.
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