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Global Kidney Care Podcast Provided by ISNSeason 5 Episode 7: Climate Change on Kidney Health: ImpactsWinston Fung, an Associate Consultant at Prince of Wales Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, hosts the second conversation on climate change and its impacts on kidney health. Winston is joined by Vivekanand Jha, The George Institute for Global Health, India, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Oxford, and the former President of the ISN. Also joining the conversation is Letizia De Chiara, junior PI at the University of Florence, Italy, and Maryvonne Hourmant, former president of the SFNDT.
2025-10-0237 min
In Focus by The HinduWhy India needs to urgently reduce its salt intakeTwo weeks ago, the World Health Organization released a set of guidelines recommending the use of the lower-sodium salt substitutes. These products reduce the amount of sodium chloride in the salt, replacing it with potassium chloride. Reducing salt intake – or sodium intake, has long been held by experts as one of the easiest and cheapest ways to reduce our burden of non-communicable diseases. The WHO’s recommendation is 5 grams of salt a day but Indians eat far more than this at around 8 grams per day. Think about this – an estimated 1.89 million deaths every year globally are associated with consuming too mu...
2025-02-1122 min
The #PDExchange PodcastISPD Assisted PD Position Paper DiscussionDrs Jeff Perl and Nikhil Shah discuss the latest ISPD position paper on Assisted PD with Drs Matthew Oliver (Toronto, Canada), Thierry Lobbedez (Caen, France), and Janet Graham RN (Ottawa, Canada).
Enjoy a wide-ranging discussion that covers everything from why Assisted PD is important to how a new program can start considering planning and implementing it.
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Assisted peritoneal dialysis: Position paper for the ISPD - Matthew J Oliver, Graham Abra, Clémence Béchade, Edwina A Brown, Ana Sanchez-Escuredo, David W Johnson, Anabela Malho Guedes, Janet Graham, Natalia Fernandes, Vi...
2024-05-0949 min
Finding Genius PodcastKidney Disease Cure and Prevention for Every Community with Vivek JhaA nephrologist for over 35 years, Vivek Jha discusses kidney function and disease treatments like dialysis and kidney transplantation. He helps listeners understand Ties between kidney function and most other organ systems, Differences between acute and chronic kidney disease, and Efforts towards bringing disadvantaged communities the best in kidney disease treatments. Vivekanand Jha is Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India; Chair of Global Kidney Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of London; and President of the International Society of Nephrology. online pharmacy buy temovate over the counter online pharmacy ...
2023-11-0646 min
Global Kidney Care Podcast Provided by ISNEpisode 5: ISN's COVID-19 Response and the Challenges AheadThe Global Kidney Care Podcast hosts are joined this episode by two of ISN's leaders, Vivekanand Jha, ISN President and Fergus Caskey, Interim Secretary/Treasurer. Vivek spoke to Roberto and Smeeta about the impact of COVID-19 on the Nephrology community and ISN's response over the last several months. In addition they look ahead and discuss ISN's ongoing plans to lead the nephrology community as the pandemic continues to unfold. In their discussion with Fergus they explore the data collection initiative undertaken during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis and how this is helping the ne...
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