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Posted 1 April 2009
National Organ Donor Program Web Based Database - Sri Lanka
Mr Ajit F Perera, Chair, Kidney Transplant Support Foundation / IFKF Council Member, proudly guides the Hon Minister of Health in Sri Lanka to launch their new National Organ Donor Program Web Based Database, by clicking the "submit" button with the "mouse", registering their first donor. For more info ktsf@celltelnet.lk
The Kidney Transplant Support Foundation in Sri Lanka has achieved one of their key objectives. The new national organ donor register in Sri Lanka was created in collaboration with Dr Beligaswatte.
The database is web based and will enable registered organ donors across the country who wish to altruistically donate their kidney, or agree make their organs available for organ donation after death which may save many lives in Sri Lanka. The program has been tested and found satisfactory by several of our Medical Advisory Council - Dr Herath, Dr Lanerolle, Dr Tilak Abeysekara (all Neprologists) and Prof Mandika Wijeyaratne - Prof of Surgery / Transplant Surgeon.
We have entered into an MOU with our Department of Health and have identified 20 Hospitals across the country, including the National Hospital of Sri Lanka to receive twenty computers with ADSL facilities. Familiarization Workshops and education programs are being run by the Chair of the Director General of Health Services, to educate the Directors. Prior to this. Stakeholders in this field met to discuss the program and the modalities to ensure a consensus among the Consultants before going before the Directors.
Posted 23 February 2009
Update Report on Emergency Kidney Support Fund for Sichuan Disaster
Hong Kong Kidney Foundation has published in 4 newspapers today an updated report on the Emergency Kidney Support Fund for Sichuan Disaster. The purpose was to be accountable to the donors. I am extremely pleased to inform you the donation has been put to good use. I visited Sichuan in December 2008 again to ensure the equipments have been installed. View the full Hong Kong Kidney Foundation Sichuan Disaster Relief report, which includes pictures of the devastating earthquake scene. Once again, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your kind donation and support. Regards - SF Lui luisf@ha.org.hk
Posted 20 February 2009
WHO - The Financial Crisis and Global Health Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva - published 19 January 2009.
Posted 1 October 2008
Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology © 2008 American Society of Nephrology doi: 10.2215/CJN.03320708 http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CJN.03320708v1
Publication relates to Dr Delmonico's presentation - 9th IFKF Annual International Meeting, Germany. September issue.
Journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) has published this declaration with commentary by Dr Delmonico. The Turkish physicians who are contributing to our Istanbul Meeting May 2009 were both participants, with Dr Mehmet Sever on the steering committee. Nephr Dial Transplant (2008) 23: 3381-3382 . doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn553 and Dominico: 552 pages.
All countries should take steps to govern organ donation and transplantation, thereby ensuring patient safety and prohibiting unethical practices. Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism is a consensus of more than 150 representatives of scientific and medical bodies from around the world, government officials, social scientists, and ethicists, who met in Istanbul, Turkey.
Acute renal failure and haemorrhagic syndrome secondary to toxin of caterpillars (Lonomia obliqua) NDT accepted article for publication August 4 2008
See interesting background to the sudden life-threatening illness our dear friend Marianne Vennegoor experienced as part of her adventure in Brazil for our 9th IFKF Annual Meeting. Acute renal failure and haemorrhagic syndrome secondary to toxin of caterpillars (Lonomia obliqua)
Riella et al. NDT Plus.2008; 0: sfn138v1-sfn138
Correspondence: Miguel C. Riella, Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Parana, Rua Bruno Filgueira 369, Curitiba 80240-220, Brazil. Tel.: 55-41-3342-5849; Fax: 55-41-3244-5539; mcriella@pro-renal.org.br
Posted 10 September 2008
Newsletter from IFKF Project Director - Jan Lantink
The 9th IFKF International Meeting held in Mainz in May 2008 was a great start for me as newly appointed Project Director. I met a lot of people from IFKF and was very impressed by the numerous efforts that members undertake to help patients with kidney disease and to prevent that people develop kidney disease. The prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease is one of the highest priorities around the globe for IFKF.
Getting projects started and on the go are of course my most important goal. Projects that help you to achieve your mission, to help you grow and professionalize. Projects can only be realised when funding is assured. From corporate partners and individuals individuals, who want to support IFKF in a structural way or from sponsors for specific projects. Read more here>
Also read - intro from IFKF President re Jan Lantink, Project Director
Posted 10 September 2008
National Kidney Foundation of Sri Lanka
We have managed to get 12 dialysis machines from committed donors and are going to start operation next month. See photo A'Pura Clinic in action. A special water treatment plant from Germany is also being installed.
Thousands need dialysis in this area. The photo shows the Renal Care & Renal Research Centre in the North Central Province, that the NKF started, which is nearing completion. Although much funding is still required it is work in progress.
See also Organ Donor Poster - Sri Lanka - a joint project with NKF of Sri Lanka and Kidney Transplant Support Foundation Initiative. Proster graphic is available for use by any IFKF Council Member. For more info Ajit Perera ktsf@celltelnet.lk
Posted 13 July 2008
News from National Kidney Foundation of South Africa
We are working hard on the Nth West Province project concerning education and awareness of kidney disease, leading to a two day symposium in October, 2008. The first day will involve informing and testing 2000 of the rural population for renal disease. On the second day the NKF and nephrologists will educate general practitioners of NWP; traditional healers have also agreed to be included.
We have been seeking much needed funding and managed to get a little from Nth Western Province Government. Tony Meyers together with staff from Klerksdorp Hospital have been to visit the rural population to inform them of the October function. We hope this will be done in the eight other provinces in Sth Africa and feature AIDS testing and counseling on the first day of the symposium. Alwyn Smith nkfsa@mweb.co.za or see website www.nkf.co.za
Posted June 27 2008
OPPORTUNITY - Multicentre Phase 3: Clinical Trial in adult patients on chronic haemodialysis
See brief info on OPPORTUNITY Trial - chronic hameodialysis phase III study - Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Norditropinâ in Adult Patients on Chronic Haemodialysis, a randomised, bouble-blind, parallel group, placebo controlled, multi-centre trial
Novo Nordisk has initiated a big multi-centre phase 3 clinical trial in adult patients on chronic haemodialysis. This investigation will be primarily focused on the effect of growth hormone treatment on mortality in patients with low serum albumin on dialysis (LSAD). Dialysis clinics in the USA, Canada, Europe, South America, China, Turkey, Russia, Israel, South Africa and other countries are involved in this clinical project. Recruitment is ongoing.
Posted April 10 2008
Turks and Caicos - TCI National Kidney Foundation World Kidney Day Caribbean style
Posted April 7 2008
Fundacion Para el Nino Enfermo Renal (Guatemala) www.fundanier.org
FUNDANIER is a Foundation dedicated to the treatment of Guatemalan children with Renal Disease. As part of its work, the group educates families, medical students and physicians in training and is involved in research projects. Supported by a group of parents of patients, the Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal (Foundation for children with kidney diseases) or FUNDANIER was established in 2003. The mission of FUNDANIER was to treat Guatemalan children with chronic renal diseases in a prompt, efficient, humane, and comprehensive manner, with a view towards decreasing the morbidity and mortality attributable to Established Renal Failure (ERF).
October 20 2007 - opening ceremony Roosevelt Hospital - first Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit in Guatemala, named to honor Dr Richard Siegler, a pediatric nephrologist from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, who was instrumental in the development and promotion of Pediatric Nephrology in Guatemala.
We thank all creating a much needed facility for the children of Guatemala with CKD - Victoria Rodríguez FUNDANIER Dietitian
Posted March 20 2008
Kidney Wales Foundation - News from Wales UK
We started 2008 well with £60,000 arriving from benefactors and the following great news which makes us even happier. The Welsh Assembly Government announced a new dedicated Transplant Unit in Cardiff on 21 December 2007 following our successful People Like Us Campaign led by Allison John. The capital cost for the development is £4.27 million. See our campaign history www.pluscampaign.blogspot.com
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Phase 1 - proposes a 4 bed ward, created in accommodation not currently utilised on the Cardiff UHW site, to provide capacity for haemodialysis patients currently accommodated on Ward B5. This would then create additional transplant and renal surgery capacity and would allow for up to 115 transplants per year. These beds could be available by March/April 2008. The revenue cost for this is £2.41 million.
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Phase 2 - during the period 2010/2012 the Trust would undertake up to 140 transplants per year and would require 16 beds and the revenue cost would be £4.40 million.
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Phase 3 - would require the full 21 beds to be available by 2012 and would allow for up to 160 transplants per year at a revenue cost of £5.85 million.
Posted December 25 2007
The Charity Foundation for Special Diseases established its fourth Medical Center for Special Diseases in Tehran
Opened on 25 December 2007 in the presence of His Excellency Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, President - Assembly of Distinction of the Expediency of the State and former President of the I.R. of Iran, members of parliament, ambassadors of foreign countries in Iran and kidney specialists, Board of Trustees, directors of CFFSD and the general public.
The Center offers different dialysis wards for children and adults and specialized clinics - internal medicine, nephrology, cardiology, gynecology, endocrinology and diabetes mellitus, ophthalmology, neurology, psychology, orthopedic, urology, gastroenterology, hematology, oncology, nutrition, E.N.T. The Centre also offers radiology, laboratory, rehabilitation, and pharmacy services for the specialist needs of kidney patients. Plans are well advance for Health Workshops, patient programs and scientific meetings for the near future. We also plan to run educational courses for doctors, paramedics and researches in the field of renal failure.
Posted December 15 2007
Renal Replacement Therapy in Iran (Dr Mitra Mahdaveh-Mazdeh, IFKF Council Member for Patient's Kidney Foundation of Iran)