World kidney day; from hypothesis to actual activities through 12 years experiences

Abstract

World kidney day is a combined program of the International Federation of Kidney Foundations and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). This festival was planned to enforce the appreciation regarding the troubles on the management of kidney diseases; while some of them may treatable, however they are great medical concerns in many populations. This day purposes to emphasize the risk factors that may reach to chronic renal failure. Accordingly one of the primary aims of the world kidney day is to train the general population regarding the controlling of chronic renal failure and to reassure the high risk individuals to regular checkup for renal failure.

Keywords: World kidney day, Chronic renal failure, Chronic kidney disease, Glomerular filtration rate, Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension