Session 1: Why the need to prevent chronic renal diseases ?
09:00 - 09:15 Introduction
John Dirks (Toronto, Canada) 1
09:15 - 09:55 Chronic renal diseases as a public health problem:
epidemiology, social and economical implications
Arrigo Schieppati (Bergamo, Italy) 2
09:55 - 10:15 Discussion
10:15 - 10:55 Risk factors of chronic renal diseases
Meguid El-Nahas (Shieffield, UK) 3
10:55 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:35 Coffee break
11:35 - 12:15 Global burden of diabetes: prevalence and projections
Peter Bennett (Phoenix, US ) 4
12.15-12.35 Discussion
12.35 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 14.40 Cardiovascular risk in chronic renal diseases
Giancarlo Viberti (London, UK) 5
14.00 15.00 General Discussion
Moderator (John Dirks Toronto, Canada)
15.00 15-15 Introduction
Robert Atkins (Australia) 6
15.15 16.00 Prevention of progression and remission/regression strategies of chronic renal diseases: can we do better now than 5 years ago?
Giuseppe Remuzzi (Bergamo, Italy) 7
16.00 16.20 Discussion
16.20 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 17.25 Early detection, prediction and potential treatments of renal and cardiovascular risk in the general population
Dick de Zeeuw (Groningen, The Netherlands) 8
17.25 18.00 Discussion
Day 2 March 17, 2004
09.00 - 09.30 Prevention strategies in Latin America: from less to more developed countries
Bernardo Rodriguez Iturbe (Venezuela) 9
09.30 10.00 The need of prevention programs in Africa
Sarala Naicker (Johannesburg, South Africa) 10
10.00 10.30 Prevention programs in the Middle East and Arab World
Faissal Shaheen (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) 11
10.30 10.50 Coffee break
10.50 11.20 The case of prevention of chronic kidney diseases in India
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (New Delhi, India) 12
11.20 11.50
Opportunities for a Chronic Disease outreach program in China
Giuseppe DAmico (Milan, Italy) 13
11.50 12.30 Discussion and Round table: Global or local strategies for emerging countries ?
Moderators: Robert Atkins/Giuseppe Remuzzi
14.00 14.15 Introduction
Jan Weening (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 14
14.15 14.55 Public health in emerging world
Dan Kaseje (Kisumu, Kenya) 15
14.55 15.15 Discussion
15.15 15.55 Strengthening health research capacity in developing countries: a critical element for achieving health equity
Chitr Sitthi-amorn (Bangkok, Thailand) 16
15.55 16.15 Discussion
16.15 16.35 Coffee break
16.35 17.15 International aid and medical practice in the less-developed world: doing it right
Ivor Katz (Norwood, South Africa) 17
17.15 18.00 Discussion
Day 3 March 18, 2004
Continue Session 3: Implementation of strategies relevant to national health care systems and specific centres in the emerging world
09.00 12.00 How to implement strategies for national health care systems in emerging countries
Moderators: Jan Weening/John Dirks
- Africa can solve its own health problems ?
Sarala Naicker (Johannesburg, South Africa) 18
- The view of Central American countries
Raul Herrera Valdes (Havana, Cuba) 19
- An educational Program for Prevention of Diabetic
Nephropathy for General Physicians
Ricardo Corrιa-Rotter (Mexico City, Mexico) 20
- How to approach the problem in large countries: India
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (New Delhi, India) 21
- The Australian Chronic Disease Outreach Program
Ivor Katz (Norwood, South Africa) 22
- The case of American Indians and Alaskan Natives
Peter Bennett (Phoenix, USA) 23
- Discussion
12.00 14.00 Lunch
14.00 14.50 Integrated approaches to prevention and control of chronic conditions.
JoAnne Epping Jordan (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) 24
14.50 15.10 Electronic strategies for information and research
Kim Solez (Edmonton, Canada) 25
15.10 15.30 Concluding Discussion and remarks
Moderator - John Dirks (Toronto, Canada)