World Kidney Program 2023

Along with “World Kidney Day*” on the second Thursday of March (March 9, 2023), the program will update several online seminars on YouTube (from March 1, 2023) and a special event (March 11 and 12) at AEON MALL Nagoya Chaya with the aim of raising awareness of kidney diseases.
Being honored to have Dr. Shoichi Maruyama, Professor of Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Hospital as the chairperson, we will cooperate with medical institutions in and out of Japan such as those of Indonesia, China by sharing information about improving kidney diseases and dialysis treatment around the world.

* World Kidney Day... Enacted by International Nephrology of Society (ISN) and International Federation of Kidney Foundations(IFKF)

What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)?

It’s said that the number of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients is 13.3 million (1 in 8 adults)*¹ in Japan and 9.1%*² worldwide, and the disease is growing in a increasing trend year by year, which requires attention .
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a disease with declined kidney functions and kidney abnormalities such as proteinuria continue, but it is featured that symptoms rarely appear at the early stage which makes it difficult to be noticed. If symptoms progress without being realized, the risk of requirement for dialysis treatment or kidney transplantations increases, and so as the risk of developing heart diseases and strokes.

*1 Clinical Practice Guidebook 2012 by Japanese Society of Nephrology CKD

*2 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017