Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Japan’s CKD Strategy in Action — Lessons From an Aging Society
28 Mar 2026 11:15 12:05
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Moderator: Ifeoma Ulasi, ISN AWG Chair
Expected Outcomes:
- Discuss Japan’s integrated care approach as a blueprint for making specialist knowledge accessible in primary care.
- Elaborate on cost savings from early detection and referral programs, and how these could be applied in other settings.
- Elaborate/discuss how public awareness campaigns and approaches to support informed patient choices could help implement the Resolution’s commitments.
- Identify 2–4 measures from Japan’s experience that have been most effective in addressing chronic kidney disease and discuss how these could help advance global efforts such as the WHO kidney resolution. Alternatively, highlight any additional actions needed at the national level to strengthen CKD prevention and care to support global kidney health goals.
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11:15
11:25
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Addressing Kidney Disease in Japan: How Does the National Policy Meet Global Commitments
Speaker: Yosuke Yamada, Deputy Director Cancer and Disease Control Division Public Health Bureau the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
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11:25
11:35
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Transforming Kidney Care Through National Strategy: A Nephrologist Perspective
Speaker: Naoki Kashihara, Chair Professor and Vice President, Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
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11:35
11:45
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Living the Strategy: A Patient’s Perspective on Navigating Kidney Care in Japan
Speaker: Takeshi Shukunobe, CEO, PPeCC,Inc.
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11:45
11:55
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Financing Kidney Health: Sustainable and Innovative National Approaches
Speaker: Yusuke Suzuki, Professor, Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
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11:55
12:05
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Q&A
Moderator: Ifeoma Ulasi, ISN AWG Chair
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