First AsPNA-Dumex Research Awards
High-caliber international faculty in 8th ACPN Jeju meeting
AsPNA Council’s Major Programs
News From AsPNA Member Countries
Bangladesh
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Korea
Malaysia
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
The AsPNA Council
(2001-2007)
Officers
Carmelo A. Alfiler, Philippines, Secretary-General
Hui-Kim Yap, Singapore,
Asst. Secretary-General
Man-Chun Chui, Hong Kong, Treasurer
Members
Mohammed Hanif, Bangladesh
Jie Ding, China
Kishore Phadke, India
Husein Alatas, Indonesia
Kikuo Iitaka, Japan
Pyung-Kil Kim, Korea
Yam-Ngo Lim, Malaysia
Afoze Ramzan, Pakistan
Ching-Yuang Lin, Taiwan, ROC
Wiwat Tapaneya Olarn, Thailand
Advisers
Tadasu Sakai, Japan, Honorary Secretary-General
Ji-Yun Yang, China
Rajendra Srivastava, India
IGN Wila Wirya, Indonesia
The AsPNA Chronicle
(Official AsPNA Newsletter)
Carmelo A. Alfiler, Editor-in-Chief
Sonia R. Gonzalez, Associate Editor
Working AsPNA Committees
Training & Continuing Education
Kishore Phadke, Chair
Mohammed Hanif
Jie Ding
Yong Choi
Pyung-Kil Kim
Research and Publications
Ching-Yuang Lin, Chair
Kikuo Iitaka
Wiwat Tapaneya-Olarn
Arvind Bagga
Administrative Affairs
Carmelo A. Alfiler, Chair
Man-Chun Chui
Hui-Kim Yap
Yam-Ngo Lim
Alfroze Ramzan
Husein Alatas
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| First AsPNA-Dumex Research Awards
The Asian Pediatric Nephrology Association (AsPNA) and Dumex will introduce the first pediatric nephrology research awards in an Asian congress on the occasion of the 8th ACPN in Jeju. At stake is a totalamount of US $2,400 for the best oral and poster paper presentations as judged by a panel specifically constituted for the purpose. AsPNA believes that cash prizes for research will help stimulate young consultants and trainees in pediatric nephrology and urology to conduct independent and collaborative studies in and among institutions/hospitals in Asia which can be presented eventually in regional and world congresses or published in peer-reviewed journals.
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High-caliber international faculty in 8th ACPN Jeju meeting
IPNA scholarship helps 10 atendees
There is no stopping Korea from making the 8th Asian Congress of Pediatric Nephrology (ACPN) another certified success. For the September 9-n “Better Care, Better Life, Better Future for Children with Renal Diseases”, Prof. Pyung-Kil Kim and the Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology (KSPN) invited 43 luminaries from Asia, Europe and the USA to participate in seven plenary lectures, five invited lectures and eight symposia.
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) Secretary General Matthias Brandis leads the international delegation to the congress which also features, for the first time, the inclusion of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan in an Asian congress program faculty. IPNA, in cooperation with Baxter, provided a US $5,000 scholarship fund for ten participants selected from all over Asia. (See related story, this page).
In November 2000, Prof. Hui-Kim Yap organized the 7th ACPN in Singapore which brought together 273 registrants from 26 countries, 41 speakers from IPNA and AsPNA, and 24 free paper and 74 poster paper presentors. This is Korea’s second hosting of the ACPN; the first time was in 1991 (3rd congress) under the direction of the late K. W. Ko. The other previous congresses were hekd in Tokyo (1988), Nagoya (1989), Taipei (1993), New Delhi (1994), and Manila (1996). The next venue will be decided by the AsPNA Executive Council on September 10.
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AsPNA Council’s Major Programs
During the September 4, 2001 meeting of the AsPNA Council in Seattle, the goals of the Association were revisited, ie., (1) to promote the science and arts of Pediatric Nephrology in Asia, (2) to maintain the highest levels of professional skills and ethics in the practice of the subspecialty, (3) to foster regional camaraderie and cooperation among member nations, and (4) to represent Asian pediatric nephrology in IPNA and in other international/regional pediatric nephrology endeavors.
In line with these goals, three major working groups-training and continuing education, research and publications, administrative affairs – were created to develop programs that will make AsPNA relevant in the present and next decades.
Training and continuing education should be able to address the needs of paramedicals, general/family practitioners, trainees and consultants in Pediatrics, subspecialty fellows, and subspecialists in Pediatric Nephrology and allied fields by way of intra- and intersubspecialty courses (including those of the IPNA and AsPNA), and independent country activities).
Research and publications should include participation in various research forums (IPNA, ACPNA, IPA, APSSEAR, etc.), multicenter studies, clinical practice guidelines, the AsPNA Chronicle, independent country publications, Year Book of AsPNA containing abstracts of publications from Asia, and the chapter on Asia in the 5th edition of Pediatric Nephrology.
Administrative affairs would concentrate on setting up of the AsPNA website, updating the directory of members and generating funds fro relevant activities/projects.
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News from AsPNA Member Countries
Bangladesh
A kidney Institute for both adult and pediatric nephrology was established in Dhaka. With five overseas-trained pediatric nephrologists in the country, a masteral program for the subspecialty was started.
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China
To date, there are approximately 300 pediatric nephrologists in the mainland. Continuing pediatric education activities in 2001 included (1) the 13th national Course for Pediatric Nephrology in May at the First Hospital, Peking University; (2) the Symposium on Nephrotic Syndrome in June at Ningbo; and (3) various lectures/symposia during the 23rd International Congress of Pediatrics in September at Beijing. An End-Stage Renal Failure Registry and a Newsletter were started by the Chinese Society of Pediatric Nephrology (CSPN) in 2001. Last April 2002, the 14th National Course for Pediatric Nephrology was held at the First Hospital, Peking University.
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Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Pediatric Nephrology Society (HKPNS) has over 60 members who participated in 2001’s symposia on nocturnal enuresis and urinary tract infections. There are six-weekly interhospital renal meetings rotated among teaching institutions. The HKPNS has working groups to study, review and draw guidelines for glomerulonephritis, nephritic syndrome, tubular disorders, hypertension, SLE nephritis, nephro-urological problems, and chronic renal failure. Renal registries for nephritic syndrome, HSP nephritis, cystic disorders, SLE nephritis and end-stage renal disease were started
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India
The Indian Pediatric Nephrology Group (IPNG) has 200 members with varying interests and training. Tertiary pediatric nephrology care is available in New Delhi, Bombay, Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow, and Calcutta. Bangalore is offering a one-year certificate course and the IPNG two short-term fellowships in pediatric nephrology. The 13th annual conference was held in Calcutta in December 2001. The 3rd edition of Pediatric Nephrology by Srivastava and Bagga was published. Consensus guidelines on the management of nephronic syndrome, urinary tract infections, and antenatally-diagnosed hydronephrosis were disseminated.
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Indonesia
The Pediatric Nephrology Working Group of the Indonesian Society of Pediatricians consists of 25 members spread throughout the country. Its programs include (1) continuing medical education for society members, pediatricians and genera; practitioners, (2) collaborative studies among pediatric nephrology centers, (3) subspecialty training for pediatricians, (4) collaboration with the IPNA and AsPNA in training of members, and (5) collaboration with the Indonesian Society of Nephrology and Continence Society of Indonesia. Subspecialty certification includes finishing a 6-month fellowship training in a pediatric nephrology center in Jakarta or abroad, working in a pediatric training center for 5 years (4 consecutive years should be devoted to pediatric nephrology), doing and publishing at least two researches, and presenting at least two papers in a national or international congress.
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Korea
The Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology (KSPN) has 78 registered members, most of whom are pediatric nephrologists and the others pediatric urologists and renal pathologists. Programs for 2001 included (1) the annual scientific meeting in Seoul, (2) an annual course of postgraduate education at Seoul National University Hospital, (3) publication of two issues of the KSPN Journal, (4) establishment of the End-Stage Renal Disease Registry of the Korean Society of Nephrology, (5) the annual mass urinary screening for elementary and high school children (continuing from 1988), and (6) subspecially fellowship training programs in 14 hospitals. The KSPN hosts the 8th ACPN in Jeju from September 9 to 11, 2002.
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Malaysia
There are 9 pediatric nephrologists integrated with the Malaysian Society of Nephrology. They participated in the preparation of the Malaysian Dialysis and Transplant Registry 2000 which is already out as a hard copy and on the web (www.crc.gov.my) . An annual scientific seminar was held last July 2002 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with evidence-based nephrology as theme. The subspecialty training program (main center, Hospital Kuala Lumpur) follows guidelines of the Ministry of Health and consists of a training period of three years of which one year may be spent overseas. The entry requirements are an MRCP/M. Med (Pediatrics) or equivalent and completion of four years of general pediatric experience.
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Pakistan
At least three major hospitals – National Institute of Child Health in Karachi, The Karachi Kidney Centre, and The Children Hospital Complex in Lahore – developed active pediatric nephrology programs. The Sindh institute of Urology and Transplantation has state-of-the-art facilities for pediatric renal transplants. About seven pediatric nephrologists and more than 1000 pediatricians treat Pakistani children with renal disease. Annual continuing pediatric education courses are held for postgraduates and family physicians.
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Philippines
There are four centers with postresidency fellowship programs in pediatric nephrology, and 40 certified pediatric nephrologists and 2,400 certified pediatricians who managed renal and urinary tract disorders. Continuing pediatric nephrology education programs target all levels, from undergraduates to subspecialty pediatricians. Since 1994, the Pediatric Nephrology Society of the Philippines (PNSP) has been conducting its own annual convention (latest was in July 2002) and conjoin activities with the Philippine Pediatric Society of the Philippine Society and the Philippines Society of Nephrology to fasttrack academic, research, service, administrative and miscellaneous programs that cater to Filipino children’s kidney health and disease. It has also mainstreamed with relevant governmental and nongovernmental agencies in the conduct of national and interagency projects to save on manpower and financial resources.
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Singapore
There are six pediatric nephrologists and one active fellowship program offering training in pediatric nephrology for Asia. Since its inception, there have been five trainees – one from Indonesia, one from India, two from Thailand, and one from Bangladesh. The Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease Registry (part of the National Renal Registry) was established. The Pediatric Nephrology Working Group has published guidelines on the treatment of childhood urinary tract infections and glomerulonephritis under the auspices of the Chapter of Pediatricians and the Ministry of Health’s National Committee for Renal Care. A symposium on “therapy of end-stage renal failure in children” was held as part of the Singapore Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting.
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Taiwan
There are at least 12 pediatric nephrologists among 20 active members within the Taipei Pediatric Society. Taiwan has a very strict requirement for subspecialty re-certification every six years. There is an active mass urine screening and renal sonographic mass screening programs for schoolchildren. Also, a national dialysis and transplant registry is being continued, with kidney transplantation programs available in six centers in two major cities.
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Thailand
Some 30-40 trained pediatric nephrologists are distributed across the country, and are involved in annual scientific meetings, postgraduate courses, and in the Thai Dialysis and Transplant Project. Four centers offer two-year fellowship programs in pediatric nephrology. A pediatric nephrology symposium is planned as part of the 2003 Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology.
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