Welcome to THE 1ST JOINT AFRICAN HEALTHY KIDNEY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS’ CONFERENCE (1ST JAHKSRC)”LIVE THE LIFE OF A HEALTHIER KIDNEY DONOR” ,At Hill Top Hotel -Kigali-Rwanda-East Africa, On Thursday March 9th, 2017.... ~ AFRICAN UNION STUDENTS' COUNCIL (AUSC) For the Better Africa we deserve

Welcome to the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers’ Conference(1stJHKSRC), In Kigali-Rwanda, Thursday March 9th, 2017, Celebrate the WORLD KIDNEY DAY in RWANDA for the Second Time, AUSC, RNSSO , HKF-RWANDA Copy Right, March 10th, 2016.
The 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference (1st JAHKSRC) to take place in Rwanda, at Hill Top Hotel from March 9^th, 2017, On 13^th March and on March 30^th, 2017 is following the Campaign progression covering the month of March 1^st to 31^st 2017 for the main purpose of promoting the 3^rd, 4^th, 15^th, 16^th, and 17^th Goals of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN).
Welcome to Join all PlannedCampaign activities in 3 Health Center (HC): Nyarugunga HC in Kicukiro District,Kimisagara HC in Nyarugenge District and Remera HC in Gasabo District,regarding celebration of WORLD KIDNEY DAY in Rwanda at the 2nd time,with the theme” Kidney Disease & Obesity”. FromMarch 6th to 8th/14h00 to 16h00/EVERY DAY. Freescreening Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Body Mass Index& Proteinuria.

AGENDA OF THE DAY OF THE CONFERENCE THURSDAY MARCH 9^TH ,2017.

Arrival of delegates:

7:00-8:00 /Registration & Breakfast for All Delegates by Organizing Committee (OC) and Moderator for all sessions Master of Ceremony (MC).

Opening remarks:

8:00 – 8:30 /Welcoming delegates and Presentation of the Concept Note of the conference, by President of the Conference.

1st session:

8:30-9:30 /Panel No1:

HKF-R and RNSSO: Topic “ Historic for Innovation & Invention of the World Kidney Day( WKD) Celebration on National Level in Rwanda as co-founded by HKF-R and RNSSO ; Sponsored by AUSC, Lancet Laboratories, University of Rwanda and Africa Healthcare Network on March 10th, 2016 at the University of Rwanda Nyarugenge Campus/ Plus an Overview of origin of WKD annual celebration on International Level ”.

2nd session:

9:30-10:30 /Panel No2:

AUSC, OHEO, CYPAN and FNSSO: Topic “Role of Partners and their Action Plans in relationship with the Celebration of World kidney Day, 2017”

3rd session:

10:30-11:10 /Workshop [4 most selected registered Oral Presentations for Abstracts and Power Points All]:

Registered Presenters (4 Only) Topic”Science Fiction & Design for International research on Kidney Diseases, literature review and Publications on National Level”,

4th session:

11:10 -11:20 / Closing remark and feed backs :

Guest of Honor: Topic “Recommendations for next year conference 2018”.

5th session:

11:20-11:50 /Talk [Registered Poster Presentations for Abstracts and Power Points All]:

Registered Presenters (6 Only) Topic “Health Break with Cocktail and networking pictures”.

THE 1^ST JOINT AFRICAN HEALTHY KIDNEY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS’ CONFERENCE (1ST JAHKSRC)”LIVE THE LIFE OF A HEALTHIER KIDNEY DONOR”.

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Opening MEMO

The Office of the president of African Union Students’ Council (AUSC); a Pan-African Organization with mission to raise awareness of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) among Africans and vision to shape the Better Africa We Deserve; through its partnership and collaboration established with Kigali City’s Health Centers through our planned Campaign activities in Kicukiro District, Nyarugenge District and Gasabo District , regarding celebration of WORLD KIDNEY DAY in Rwanda 2nd time, with theme” Kidney Disease & Obesity” ; welcomes all willing and interested Scientific researchers and Individuals from across the World to participate in the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers’ Conference (1stJHKSRC), In Kigali-Rwanda, Thursday March 9th, 2017, to celebrate the International WORLD KIDNEY DAY in RWANDA for the Second time firstly organized by the AUSC,RNSSO,HKF-RWANDA Copy Right, March 10th, 2016.

The AUSC President’s Office will fully support the whole event to take place in Kigali-Rwanda this time to benefit all Rwandan Population who are not yet considering themselves as Diseased with the Kidney Diseases and bring in an academic innovation for a special event of this year 2017 that will involve the whole continent of Africa physically present and online discussions to take place, for the main purpose of promoting the 3rd Goal of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations by creating the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference(1st JAHKSRC 2017) to take place in Rwanda, at Hill Top Hotel from March 9th , 2017 , On 13th March and on March 30th , 2017 following the Campaign progression covering the whole for the main purpose of promoting the 3rd,4th,15th, 16th, and 17th Goals of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations(UN). In fact, the Celebration of the World Kidney Day on International Level is organized by different NGOs either in the same countries or Worldwide and choosing where to focus for obtaining considerable harvest of Health education for the betterment of the World’s Population in General.

Therefore, this is a joint event with the below planned activities to cover the whole month of March from 1^st March to 31^st March, 2017.

I. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT VIA OUR CONFERENCE E-MAIL: (abstracts.ausc.committee@gmail.com). Deadline; March 7^th, 2017. Only Topics will be selected for approval for presentation during the conference for all abstracts that must be fitting in the Theme of the year 2017: “KIDNEY DISEASE & OBESITY” Healthy lifestyle for healthy kidneys.
FILL This form to be able to participate in the Conference : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWN9YHQ_qRWrN-sqCwrOFZtaFbLj6TcfffFu1Y1OXhC9gRiw/viewform
All Planned Conferences Payments Structure:

1st JAHKSRC 2017 Conference registration and participation on that single day fees is 20USD per individual for all Professionals in Health , 10USD for International Students, and 00.00USD for all Rwandan Students university to primary School students are all invited.
The registration and participation fees will be covering Tea Break and Conference Materials only .
to be paid on the reception of the Conference Hall.

II. AGENDA FOR THE WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2017 AND ASSOCIATED PARTNERS' All Planned Conferences ACTIVITIES.

1. 1. Monday 6^th March to Wednesday 8^th March, 2017: World Kidney Day 2017 Campaigns for RNSSO, AUSC, HKF-R , every day from 14h00 to 16h00 ,Kigali Local Time. Kicukiro, Remera, Kimisagara.

2. 2. Wednesday 8^th March ,2017 The International Women’s Day Celebration for CYPAN, AUSC, OHEO, One Day from 14h00 to 16h00. NYARUGENGE-Kimisagara.

3. 3. Thursday 9th March, 2017: Open officially the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference (1st JAHKSRC) for HKF-R, AUSC, RNSSO, OHEO, CYPAN, FANSSO, MyFe, One Day from 07h30 to 11h30. HillTop Hotel & Country Club KICUKIRO.

4. 4. Monday 13^th March, 2017: The Commonwealth Day Celebration 1^st TIME in Rwanda by Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors’ Network (CYPAN)-RWANDA Chapter For CYPAN, AUSC, OHEO: One Day from 14h00 to 17h00. Kicukiro, King David High School .

5. 5. Friday31^st March, 2017: The Official Launching of African Students’ International Fund (ASIDF) and African Students' International Critical Thinkers Board (ASICTB) and African Students' International Newsletters and Media Board (ASINMB) For AUSC. One Day from 14h00 to 16h00. Hill Top Hotel and Country Club .

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1.Every Part of this Agenda for the World Kidney Day 2017 and associated event on Thursday 9^th March, 2017 for Opening officially the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference (1st JAHKSRC) is provided in details of related activities on World Kidney Day Celebration Via websites links of the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) IFKF official Website: www.ifkf.org, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) ISN official Website: www.theisn.org, the International official website of the WORDL KIDNEY DAY(WKD) WKD official Website: www.worldkidneyday.org, the Healthy Kidney Foundation-Rwanda official website: www.healthykidneyfoundation.org, the African Union Students’ Council (AUSC)”For The Better Africa We Deserve” AUSC official website: www.africanunionsc.org, the Rwanda Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization (RNSSO) “ Arise and Shine” RNSSO official Website: www.rnsso.org, the Federation of African Nursing Sciences Students’ Organizations (FANSSO)” Together in Nursing” FANSSO official Website: www.fansso.org, and Wikipedia official website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Kidney_Day,

2. Every Part of this Agenda for the event on March 8^th, 2017 International Women’s Day Celebration , Monday 13^th March, 2017 for the Commonwealth Day Celebration with the THEME of this Year 2017: “A Peace Building Commonwealth “is based on the provided in details of related membership for Rwanda in the Commonwealth from the Commonwealth Secretariat (CMSEC) CMSEC Official Website links: http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/rwanda, http://thecommonwealth.org/commonwealthday , http://thecommonwealth.org/theme, http://thecommonwealth.org/media/event/commonwealth-peace-home-ending-domestic-violence-together-initiative, Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors’ Network (CYPAN) CYPAN official Website: http://www.yourcommonwealth.org/cypan/, www.cypan.org,

3. Every Part of this Agenda for the event on Friday 30^th and 31^st March, 2017 on the Official Launching of African Students’ International Fund (ASIDF) is provided in details of related activities of the African Union Students’ Council (AUSC) International Action Plan 2016-2019 on the AUSC official International Website: http://www.africanunionsc.org/2017/01/global-invitation-to-participate-in.html, http://www.africanunionsc.org/p/our-activities.html, http://www.africanusc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/African-Union-Students-Council-Action-Plan-2016-2019-Final.pdf , .

CONCEPT NOTE

Welcome to THE 1ST JOINT AFRICAN HEALTHY KIDNEY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS’ CONFERENCE (1ST JAHKSRC)”LIVE THE LIFE OF A HEALTHIER KIDNEY DONOR” , In Kigali-Rwanda, Thursday March 9th, 2017, Celebrate the WORLD KIDNEY DAY in RWANDA for the Second Time, AUSC, RNSSO, HKF-RWANDA Copy Right, March 10th, 2016.

Fill this Form on the link below for online registration to attend this free of charge conference, and submission of your Abstracts, PPT or Poster Presentation.

Expected participant 60 females and 40 males: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sNRo-544CQU1uH4tancY-p3WmVIYYwRKoMMzCd6E3XA/prefill

Find more information online by opening this link below:

http://www.africanunionsc.org/2017/03/welcome-to-1st-joint-african-healthy.html

Best regards.

Approved by

Iraguha Bandora Yves

1ST JAHKSRC President.

III. INTRODUCTION

The current event of the Kidney Day Celebration in Rwanda for the first Time is being prepared based on the experience we got from the first time World Kidney Day Celebration innovated by the collaborating NGOs RNSSO,HKF-R and AUSC with celebration of the World Kidney Day for the 1st time in Rwanda under the theme “Kidney Disease & Children. Act Early to Prevent It” on 10th March 2016 marked with different activities like free medical screening of kidney diseases and non-communicable diseases of more than 100 people, free consultations done by invited nephrologists and scientific presentations were offered and the following were the interested partners as invited by AUSC, RNSSO and HKF-R :

1.The Ministry of Health with its Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)

2.The University of Rwanda the College of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Nursing

3.The Africa Healthcare Network (AHN)

4.The Lancet Laboratories

The earlier Preparation of the “World Kidney Day Celebration on 9^th March 2017” in Rwanda, has taken place only from the collaboration of the African Union Students’ Council (AUSC)”For The Better Africa We Deserve” , Health Kidney Foundation Rwanda (HKFR) and the Rwanda Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization (RNSSO)”Arise and Shine” Associate Member of the Commonwealth Students’ Association (CSA)”Fraternity” with the Federation of African Nursing Sciences Students’ Organizations (FANSSO)”Together In Nursing” and the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) also will give raise on the Celebration of the 1^st Commonwealth Day in Rwanda on 13^th March, 2017 and the Official Launching of the African Students’ International Development Fund (ASIDF) of 30^th March, 2017, and others as available on the Agenda to complete the joint event activities as satisfying all partnering NGOs.

This is the second time in Rwanda to have the World kidney Day Celebration taking Place in Kigali Rwanda, and the first time has provided an exceptional experience to both the Rwanda Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization(RNSSO)” Arise and Shine” and Healthy Kidney Foundation Rwanda (HKF-Rwanda), and its main Partner the African Union Students” Council (AUSC) “ For The Better Africa We Deserve” where these organizations today take this great occasion to arise the potential of a healthy life among Africans based on a healthy Kidney.

The purpose of the World Kidney Day campaigns is to raise awareness about the health of kidneys and highlight the immense burden caused by chronic kidney disease as well as encourage the government and the general public to invest in preventive measures and healthy lifestyle.

Therefore, it is in that context, African Union Students’ Council (AUSC)” For The Better Africa We Deserve”, Healthy Kidney Foundation –Rwanda and the Rwanda Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization (RNSSO)”Arise and Shine” wish to open officially the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference(1st JAHKSRC).

This first ever existed conference will be the driving model of advanced research and innovative African Scientific Researchers platform to overlap different morbidities and conditions that accidently lead to the chronic damage of the Kidneys of human beings, which makes the affected African Population becoming the Health burden of their African Governments due to expensive searching for Kidney Transplant Donors and specialized care delivery found out of African Countries.

This conference, will give time to African scientific Researchers in the field of Health , to structure the ways forward that the African Health Institutions can follow to minimize and totally cover the management of African Population that are at high risk of developing Chronic Kidney damage such as obese and diabetic people.

The Theme of this 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference (1st JAHKSRC) is structured scientifically as ”Live the Life of a Healthier Kidney Donor”.

The theme of this 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference (1st JAHKSRC) is very significant on which measures all African Population will have to take to be prepared to become Kidney Donors. Therefore, it is in that way all African Population can learn how to maintain their kidneys safe and ready to serve their bodies to become healthier Kidney donors and completely eradicate preventable Chronic Kidney damages in Africa.

This campaign is planned for the second time in full sponsorship by the African Union Students’ Council (AUSC)”For The Better Africa We Deserve” partnering with the ministry of Health through Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) and other health sciences Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including Healthy Kidney Foundation-Rwanda and Rwanda Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization (RNSSO), Federation of African Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization(FANSSO), Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors’ Network (CYPAN) following initiation of our campaign in Rwanda from March 10th, 2016 for scientific kidney diseases screening in Kigali City. The Event will as well give time for advocating for al United Nations Sustainable Development Goals including the Partnership, Peace and Health.

Our current targeted Population is located in Kigali City’s three catchments areas in three Health Centers of Nyarugunga Health Center in Nyarugunga Sector in Kicukiro District, Remera Health Center in Remera Sector in Gasabo District, Kimisagara Health Center in Kimisagara Sector in Nyarugenge District, starting from 5th to 13th March, 2017. AUSC wished to fully implement 3rd SDG” GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING” in Rwanda. This requested partnership and collaboration with Kigali City is supported by Article 4 and 5 of attached AUSC Notarized Constitution by Notary of Government of Rwanda, while our annual campaign will keep reducing occurrence of kidney disease, comorbidity and Mortality in Kigali City.

Associated conference will take place at Hotel Hilltop on 9th March 2017; bringing together all screened individuals and invitees of this organizing team, with screening team trained AUSC volunteers.

International Concept Note for the World Kidney Day Celebration 2017 in Rwanda

IV. CONCEPT NOTE FOR THE WORLD KIDNEY DAY CELEBRATION 2017 IN RWANDA

1. World Kidney Day 2017

World Kidney Day 2017 will be celebrated in Rwanda as it will be all over the world on 9th of March, (2nd Thursday in March).

2. World Kidney Day History

World Kidney Day is a global health campaign celebrated every year all across the world focusing the health and importance of the major body organ, kidneys to reduce the occurrence of kidney diseases as well as related health problems. It is commemorated worldwide on annual basis on the 2nd Thursday of March. It was started celebrating in the year 2006 by the 66 countries which were increased to become 88 countries in just 2 years.

The celebration was initiated by the joint committee of “International Society of Nephrology and International Federation of Kidney Foundations”. It is commemorated every year by the health organizations on global basis to raise awareness among common people that most of the kidney diseases are preventable and curable. Health organizations organize this campaign at many places to spread messages about kidney diseases, complications and its prevention and cure all across the countries.

3. Why World Kidney Day is Celebrated / Objectives of World Kidney Day

World kidney day is celebrated all over the world on second of Thursday in the month of March in order to raise the public awareness about the kidneys importance and its contributions to the overall health. It is celebrated to make the common public aware about the diseases and problems of the kidneys in order to reduce the occurrence of kidney diseases as well as all the associated health problems of the kidneys. Some of the objectives of celebrating the world kidney day are mentioned below:

It is celebrated to highlight the kidney problems related to the common health disorders like diabetes, high blood pressure which may lead to the Chronic Kidney Diseases.

It is celebrated to encourage the common public through the systematic screening of all patients having problems like diabetes or hypertension.

It is celebrated to motivate and promote the common public for the better prevention by describing them all aspects of the prevention measures in order to get prevented from such kidney problems.

It is celebrated to instruct the medical professionals about all aspects of the kidneys as well as teaching them to play their key role in the detection and prevention of kidneys problems among the people of high risk populations.

It is celebrated to get together of all the medical professionals from the local and national health authorities in order to control the spread of Chronic Kidney Diseases.

It is celebrated to deal with the high risk problems as well as implement the new strategies by motivating all the governments’ authorities.

It is celebrated to encourage the people about the kidneys donation and transplantation as a best option of life saving for getting free from the kidney failure or other Chronic Kidney Diseases.

It is celebrated to encourage the people for the early detection and prevention methods of the kidney problems to reduce the future complications and deaths and disability from the chronic renal and cardiovascular failure.

4. How World Kidney Day is Celebrated

World Kidney Day is celebrated every year all across the world to gather millions of people at one place to raise the voice for the kidney health awareness. Variety of local, national or international level events are being organized for years by the kidney national associations, organizations, kidney health stakeholders, healthcare professionals, authorities and individuals to make a difference in the society for the kidney health.

Variety of physical activity events like walking, cycling, jogging, fitness, dancing and etc are organized to get together. Fact sheets and posters of the related event are distributed in the schools, community centers and other educational institutions, news publishing at the websites or web pages and promotion of the campaign motto through the blogs, forums, twitter or Facebook and other informational websites. Kidneys health related topics like importance of kidney, kidney diseases and problems, kidney transplantation and life-saving aspect of the kidney donation are discussed in the classrooms, job places or other public places.

At the big kidney health centers, students and researchers organize meetings to discuss their own research works, lecture on the chronic kidney diseases, prevention measures, renal transplants, dietary and treatment advice and etc. Public health announcements are takes place at various TV channels on both national and international level to make aware the common public about kidney donation, transplantation, early detection, prevention measures, treatment, lack of donor organs or use of deceased donor organs and so many topics.

National and international level kidney problems conferences are held to discuss about to get solution. Other topics which are discussed are kid’s renal diseases, chronic renal diseases of adults, peritoneal and hemodialysis, diet for the patients with renal diseases and etc. Free health checkups are organized such as screening of blood glucose level, creatinine level, urine test, blood pressure and etc by the courtesy of health minister for the general public.

5. How to Take Care of Your Kidneys

Before knowing the points of kidneys care, you must have to answer yourself of some questions like are you at risk, do you suffering from the high blood pressure, do you have diabetes, do you have an earlier family history of kidney disease, are you obese or overweight, do you have smoking habit, are you more than 50 years of age, are you belong of African, Aboriginal, Hispanic or Asian origin.

If your answers are yes to any of the question, you must meet your health practitioner or doctor to get the right solution as some early chronic kidney diseases never show any signs or symptoms. If you are really health conscious then meet your doctor to avoid any type of delay in the kidney failure as well as get the right treatment early at the right time. You would be surprised that a person with a simple kidney problem can lose up to 90% of his kidney functions without experiencing any signs or symptoms.

6. Follow the following 8 Golden Rules for Better Kidney Prevention

Any of the kidney disease attacks like a silent killer and affect the quality of life. Below are mentioned some easy steps to get prevented from the risk of developing kidney problems:

Help your kidneys by keeping yourself fit and active as exercises helps in reducing blood pressure and thus reduces the risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease. This event celebration motivates people for daily walking, running and cycling exercises.

Help your kidneys by maintaining and controlling the normal the blood sugar level as high blood sugar level lead to the diabetes and thus kidney damage. This event celebration motivates people with diabetes to get regular medications, tests and check up of their kidney functions.

Make your kidneys healthy by regular monitoring of your blood pressure as high blood pressure lead to the heart attack or stroke thus causes kidney damage. The normal blood pressure level of any person is 120/80. This event celebration encourages people to adopt healthy lifestyle and dietary changes, discuss their problems with doctor, monitor blood pressure on regular basis and etc.

Keep your kidneys healthy by eating healthy and maintaining normal weight as overweight and unhealthy eating habit lead to the diabetes, heart diseases and many other problems lead to the Chronic Kidney Disease. This event celebration motivates people about the dietary habits and weight control measures like reducing the salt intake (5-6 grams or 1 tsf of salt a day), limit the intake of processed or restaurant foods, daily physical exercises and etc.

Keep your kidneys healthy by maintaining the normal fluid intake on daily basis (at least 3 to 4 litres a day) as it helps the kidneys to filters out sodium, urea and other body toxins from body which may lead to the risk of developing chronic kidney diseases. World kidney day celebration on global basis encourages the people about proper fluid intake.

Keep your kidneys healthy and fit by avoiding smoking or getting in contact with other smoking person as it slows down the blood flow to the kidneys which lessens their ability to function well as well as enhances the risk of kidney cancer by 50%. This event celebration promotes the people to keep their kidneys healthy by demonstrating the loss through smoking.

Keep your kidneys healthy by avoiding the intake counter pills on regular basis as these are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen) which may lead to the kidney damage and various diseases. Such medications may cause arthritis or back pain and put your kidneys at risk.

Keep your kidneys healthy by getting proper and regular check up of your kidney functions and developing of diabetes, hypertension, obese, family history of kidney disease and etc.

7. Symptoms of Kidney Problems

Most of the people never show symptoms until it gets advance however, some of the symptoms like swollen ankles and legs, fatigue, early tiredness, difficulty in concentration, low appetite, haematuria or occurrence of blood in urine, albuminoria or foamy urine or occurrence of albumin protein in urine and etc can be felt if noticed carefully. Some other symptoms of reduced kidney functions are:

Alteration in the amount of urine, appearance of urine and frequency of passing urine during night

Pain in abdomen in the kidney areas

Difficulty in sleeping

High blood pressure

Headache

Shortness of breath

Feeling of vomiting or vomiting

Bad breath

Early Detection of Kidney Diseases

Most of the people ignore their common problem that’s why they remain undiagnosed in the early stages of kidney problems. World kidney day celebration is a way to call everyone on stage at one place in order to get checked early if developing or having any risk of kidney disease. This event celebration brings people together and encourages them about the simple kidney function tests to get diagnosed of any risk factors which may lead to kidney problems.

Never let your kidney problems to destroy your precious kidney functions as it progresses very silently without any symptoms. The early detection of kidney problem is very necessary to get the suitable treatment to prevent your kidney damage, deterioration and complications. Through this event celebration, simple laboratory tests of kidney are carried out by taking small samples of blood in order to measure the values of creatinine, albumin excretion and estimate the GFR (glomerular filtration rate).

The availability of Serum Creatinine level in the blood, albumin in urine and blood sugar level measures the overall kidney health and its functions or Glomerular Filtration Rate. Creatinine, a waste product comes from the muscle activity, is generally getting removed from blood through the normal kidney functions, when its level rises in blood it denotes the slowness in kidney function. Normal GFR is 100 ml/min, but when it falls below 60 ml/min it indicates some serious kidney problems and immediate need to meet your kidney specialist. The presence of albumin in urine indicates the risk of GFR problem and premature heart attacks or strokes.

8. World Kidney Day Themes

World Kidney Day event was started celebrating in 2006 and has not stopped growing ever since. The every year campaign of celebration highlights a particular theme:

The theme of World Kidney Day 2006 was “Are your kidneys OK?”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2007 was “CKD: Common, harmful and treatable”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2008 was “Your amazing kidneys!”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2009 was “Protect your kidneys: Keep your pressure down”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2010 was “Protect your kidneys: Control diabetes”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2011 was “Protect your kidneys: Save your heart”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2012 was “Donate – Kidneys for Life – Receive”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2013 was “Kidneys for Life – Stop Kidney Attack!”

The theme of World Kidney Day 2014 was “Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and aging”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2015 is “Kidney Health for All”.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2016 would be “Kidney Disease & Children: Act Early to Prevent It”.

V. THE THEME OF WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2017: “KIDNEY DISEASE & OBESITY” Healthy lifestyle for healthy kidneys.

1. Definition of Obesity

The Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. In 2014, worldwide over 600 million adults were obese.

Obesity is a potent risk factor for the development of kidney disease. It increases the risk of developing major risk factors of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), like diabetes and hypertension, and it has a direct impact on the development of CKD and end stage renal disease (ESRD): in individuals affected by obesity, the kidneys have to work harder, filtering more blood than normal (hyperfiltration) to meet the metabolic demands of the increased body weight. The increase in function can damage the kidney and raise the risk of developing CKD in the long-term.

The good news is that obesity, as well as CKD, is largely preventable. Education and awareness of the risks of obesity and a healthy lifestyle, including proper nutrition and exercise, can dramatically help in preventing obesity and kidney disease.

This year World Kidney Day promotes education about the harmful consequences of obesity and its association with kidney disease, advocating healthy lifestyle and health policy measures that make preventive behaviors an affordable option.

2. The relation between Kidney Disease and Obesity

Kidney disease is more likely to develop in obese people including in those with diabetes and hypertension.

By 2025, obesity will affect 18% of men and over 21% of women worldwide, and that severe obesity will affect 6% of all men and 9% of all women around the world. In some nations, obesity is already present in more than one-third of the adult population and contributes significantly to overall poor health and high annual medical costs.

In the general population, obesity increases the risk of death and contributes to many other diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obstructive sleep apnea, fatty liver, gall bladder disease, osteoarthritis, various cancers, mental disorders, and poor quality of life.

A growing body of evidence indicates that obesity is also a potent risk factor for the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). People who are overweight or obese have 2 to 7 more chances of developing ESRD compared to those of normal weight. Obesity may lead to CKD both indirectly by increasing type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, and also by causing direct kidney damage by increasing the workload of the kidneys and other mechanisms.

3. Reducing obesity may reverse or slow CKD progression.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious condition that develops suddenly, often lasts a short time and may disappear completely once the underlying cause has been treated, but it can also have long-lasting consequences with life-long problems. AKI occurs more frequently in obese people.

Therefore, this is a joint event with the below planned activities to cover the whole month of March from 1^st March to 31^st March, 2017.

VI. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT VIA OUR CONFERENCE E-MAIL: (abstracts.ausc.committee@gmail.com). Deadline; March 7^th, 2017. Only Topics will be selected for approval for presentation during the conference for all abstracts that must be fitting in the Theme of the year 2017: “KIDNEY DISEASE & OBESITY” Healthy lifestyle for healthy kidneys.

VII. AGENDA FOR THE WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2017 AND ASSOCIATED PARTNERS ACTIVITIES.

6. Monday 6^th March to Wednesday 8^th March, 2017: World Kidney Day 2017 Campaigns for RNSSO,AUSC,HKF-R

7. Wednesday 8^th March ,2017 The International Women’s Day Celebration for CYPAN,AUSC

8. Thursday 9th March, 2017: Open officially the 1st Joint African Healthy Kidney Scientific Researchers Conference (1st JAHKSRC) for HKF-R,AUSC,RNSSO

9. Monday 13^th March, 2017: The Commonwealth Day Celebration 1^st TIME in Rwanda by Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors’ Network (CYPAN)-RWANDA Chapter For CYPAN

10. Friday 31^st March, 2017: The Official Launching of African Students’ International Fund (ASIDF) For AUSC.

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