May 21, 2025
Geneva / Online
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Kidney disease significantly impacts individuals, economies, and societies. And despite the rapidly rising burden — including the steep economic costs associated with kidney failure — kidney disease is often conspicuously absent from global health agendas.
However, various WHO Member States, civil society, global health leaders, and the private sector are advocating for a Resolution on Kidney Health to help raise awareness of the urgent need to address the growing epidemic and guide Member States to implement national public health policies that effectively address the disease. In order to face the growing burden of kidney disease and advance a sustainable model of Universal Health Coverage for all by 2030, it is crucial to integrate kidney health into broader strategies for preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs.
By integrating prevention, early detection, and timely management into national public health policies, governments can significantly help reduce the financial burden of later stages of kidney disease for both patients and health care systems — making it a key area to address during the upcoming High Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.
This event, hosted by Devex in partnership with the International Society of Nephrology, explored how a resolution on kidney health can help promote efforts not only to address the rapidly growing burden of Kidney Disease, but also to advance Universal Health Coverage and broader strategies for preventing and controlling a range of NCDs.
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Setting the scene: The importance of the WHO Kidney Health Resolution
Dr. Marcello Tonelli
President, International Society of Nephrology
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Making the economic case for kidney health and NCD care
Dr. Temo Waqanivalu
Founder and managing director, ActioNCD International
Interviewer: Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Stakeholder perspectives on the WHO Kidney Health Resolution
James Anderson
Executive director for Global Health, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)
Brian Kennedy
Executive director, Global Alliance for Patient Access — secretariat to the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health (GloPAKH)
Marianne Silkjær Nielsen
Founder and chair, CompCure
Dr. Marcello Tonelli
President, International Society of Nephrology
Interviewer: Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Audience Q&A
Fiona Loud
Policy director, Kidney Care UK; ISN Patient Liasion Advisory Group (PLAG)
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Member States' perspectives on the WHO Kidney Health Resolution
Dr. Guled Abdijalil Ali
Director general, Federal ministry of Health of Somalia
Dr. Joaquín Barnoya Pérez
Minster of public health and social assistance, Guatemala
Assoc. Prof. Warangkana Pichaiwong
Nephrologist, Rajavithi Hospital Department of Medical Services, Thailand
Interviewer: Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Closing Remarks
Dr. Marcello Tonelli
President, International Society of Nephrology
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Speakers
Dr. Guled Abdijalil Ali
Director general, Federal ministry of Health of Somalia
James Anderson
Executive director for Global Health, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)
Dr. Joaquín Barnoya Pérez
Minster of public health and social assistance, Guatemala
Brian Kennedy
Executive director, Global Alliance for Patient Access — secretariat to the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health (GloPAKH)
Fiona Loud
Policy director, Kidney Care UK; ISN Patient Liasion Advisory Group (PLAG)
Assoc. Prof. Warangkana Pichaiwong
Nephrologist, Rajavithi Hospital Department of Medical Services, Thailand
Marianne Silkjaer Nielsen
Founder and chair, CompCure
Dr. Marcello Tonelli
President, International Society of Nephrology
Dr. Temo Waqanivalu
Founder and managing director, ActioNCD International
Interviewers
Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex