The International Society of Nephrology
Moving Together to Build Kidney Health World Wide
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Feb 2020
Policy Brief on Kidney Diseases written by the ISN on the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on UHC
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Feb 2020
Policy Brief on Kidney Diseases written by the ISN on the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on UHC
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Feb 2020
Kidney disease is a high priority NCD which now requires urgent consideration by political leaders. As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda progresses and provides a platform for raising awareness of NCD health care and monitoring needs, ta...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Jan 2020
This policy brief examines how inclusive self‑help groups in Myanmar can support prevention, early detection, and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at community level. Drawing on experience from HelpAge International’s collaboration...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Aug 2019
This policy brief highlights the urgent need for Myanmar to prioritise non-communicable diseases (NCDs) within its Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda. It presents compelling data such as NCDs driving 59% of deaths to underline growing demographic...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Jun 2019
With Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) causing two of every three deaths of women each year, action to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC) must recognise and address sex and gender differences in NCD risk factors, care pathways and outcomes if se...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
02 May 2019
In 2018 the WHO Director-General identified mental health for accelerated implementation within WHO’s work. This WHO Special Initiative seeks to ensure universal health coverage involving access to quality and affordable care for mental health cond...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
08 Apr 2019
Policy brief on building global capacity NCD prevention in LMICs. Highlights key focus issues and defines priority actions outlined by the DELPHI Study.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2019
This policy brief highlights associations between oral diseases and NCDs, and provides recommendations for their prevention and control.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2019
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) conducted a feasibility study to assess the public health need for – and the feasibility and potential public health impact of – expanding its mandate from HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis C to patented essential me...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
05 Mar 2019
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Briefs & Fact Sheets
05 Mar 2019
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Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Feb 2019
Since the 1990s, there has been a steep and steady rise in studies published, and national and international policies adopted, on health literacy. The Position Statement is a mechanism by which we describe what we believe to be the current state of t...