Laura Sola

TL;DR: KDIGO held a controversies conference and a consensus emerged that CKD screening coupled with risk stratification and treatment should be implemented immediately in high-risk persons and that this should ideally occur in primary or community care settings with tailoring to the local context.

TL;DR: A comprehensive, informed approach to prevention that takes into account all of these factors is required to successfully tackle the global CKD epidemic.

TL;DR: Significant variation is found in the global density of nephrologists and nephrology trainees and shortages in all care providers inNephrology; the gap was more prominent in low-income countries, particularly in African and South Asian ISN regions.

TL;DR: These comprehensive data show the capacity of countries (including low income countries) to provide optimal care for patients with end stage kidney disease and demonstrate substantial variability in the burden of such disease and capacity for kidney replacement therapy and conservative kidney management, which have implications for policy.

TL;DR: The purpose was to develop a strategic plan to improve worldwide access to integrated ESKD care, by identifying and prioritizing key activities across 8 themes, and an overarching performance framework were developed for each theme.