IkechiOkpechi - International Society of Nephrology Events

Dr. Ikechi Okpechi is a researcher at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is steering Committee member of the ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas and led coordination of the 2023 ISN-GKHA. He was member of the KDIGO Executive Committee and out-going Chair of the ISN Fellowship program. He has over 180 peer-reviewed publications.

Institution

Day 1 - Sunday April 14, 2024

Time	Session

16:30 17:30	Policy and Advocacy Approaches BKH02 Lori-AnnFisher Chairperson JamaicaUniversity of the West Indies, Mona MarcelloTonelli Chairperson CanadaUniversity of Calgary Universal Health Coverage for Kidney Diseases: Feasibility, Barriers, and Opportunities for Improving Global Kidney Health VivekanandJha Speaker vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inIndiaGeorge Institute for Global Health India The Role of Kidney Health Advocacy Organizations in Reducing the Global Burden of Kidney Diseases ValerieLuyckx Speaker valerie.luyckx@uzh.chSwitzerlandUniversity of Zurich A Case for National Prevention Programs to Manage CKD IkechiOkpechi Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta Q and A Hall A

Time

Session

16:30

17:30

Policy and Advocacy Approaches

BKH02

Lori-AnnFisher Chairperson JamaicaUniversity of the West Indies, Mona

MarcelloTonelli Chairperson CanadaUniversity of Calgary

Universal Health Coverage for Kidney Diseases: Feasibility, Barriers, and Opportunities for Improving Global Kidney Health

VivekanandJha Speaker vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inIndiaGeorge Institute for Global Health India
The Role of Kidney Health Advocacy Organizations in Reducing the Global Burden of Kidney Diseases

ValerieLuyckx Speaker valerie.luyckx@uzh.chSwitzerlandUniversity of Zurich
A Case for National Prevention Programs to Manage CKD

IkechiOkpechi Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta
Q and A

Hall A

Day 2 - Monday April 15, 2024

Time	Session

15:00 16:00	Disparities in the Care of People Living with Kidney Failure in Latin America LF1004 AdeeraLevin Chairperson alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanadaUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health Care AminuBello Chairperson CanadaUniversity of Alberta Global Assessment of Kidney Care Capacity and Policy and Perspectives on Enhancing Global Kidney Care-Findings From the ISN-GKHA AminuBello Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta State of CKD Care for Kidney Disease in Latin American Region Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comMexicoChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignachi Chavez Variability in The Burden, Management and Outcomes of Kidney Failure Between Children and Adults in Latin America MarinaWainstein Speaker ArgentinaAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires Q and A Hall C1

Time

Session

15:00

16:00

Disparities in the Care of People Living with Kidney Failure in Latin America

LF1004

AdeeraLevin Chairperson alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanadaUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health Care

AminuBello Chairperson CanadaUniversity of Alberta

Global Assessment of Kidney Care Capacity and Policy and Perspectives on Enhancing Global Kidney Care-Findings From the ISN-GKHA

AminuBello Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta
State of CKD Care for Kidney Disease in Latin American Region

Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comMexicoChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignachi Chavez
Variability in The Burden, Management and Outcomes of Kidney Failure Between Children and Adults in Latin America

MarinaWainstein Speaker ArgentinaAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires
Q and A

Hall C1

IkechiOkpechi CanadaUniversity of Alberta

Day 1 - Sunday April 14, 2024

Day 2 - Monday April 15, 2024