IkechiOkpechi CanadaUniversity of Alberta

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.

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Ikechi

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

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9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Making the Case: Investing in Kidney Care for Equity and Access BKH04 AKBhalla Chair IndiaSir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi ElenaZakharova Chair RussiaElena Zakharova, Botkin Hospital, Moscow, Russia MarinaWainstein Chair ArgentinaAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires Empowering Kidney Care Through Advocacy: Strategies and Success Stories BKH04-01 LauraSola Speaker UruguayDialysis Center, CASMU-IAMPP How to Convince Your Health Minister to Invest in CKD Prevention BKH04-02 Elliot KorantengTannor Speaker GhanaKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Toward Removal of Socioeconomic Inequities in Kidney Care and Better Outcomes for Children BKH04-03 ArpanaIyengar Speaker IndiaST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALORE How Do We Advocate for Better Access to Kidney Transplantation Worldwide? BKH04-04 IkechiOkpechi Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta Q&A BKH04-05 Kumudini Hall 301

Time

Session

9:45 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

Making the Case: Investing in Kidney Care for Equity and Access

BKH04

AKBhalla Chair IndiaSir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi

ElenaZakharova Chair RussiaElena Zakharova, Botkin Hospital, Moscow, Russia

MarinaWainstein Chair ArgentinaAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires

Empowering Kidney Care Through Advocacy: Strategies and Success Stories

BKH04-01

LauraSola Speaker UruguayDialysis Center, CASMU-IAMPP
How to Convince Your Health Minister to Invest in CKD Prevention

BKH04-02

Elliot KorantengTannor Speaker GhanaKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Toward Removal of Socioeconomic Inequities in Kidney Care and Better Outcomes for Children

BKH04-03

ArpanaIyengar Speaker IndiaST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALORE
How Do We Advocate for Better Access to Kidney Transplantation Worldwide?

BKH04-04

IkechiOkpechi Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta
Q&A

BKH04-05

Kumudini Hall 301