ISN-GKHA 2027: 10-Year-Round-Up Roundtable

Recorded On: 04/30/2026

Celebrating a decade of the ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA), this special roundtable brings together global kidney health leaders to reflect on how the initiative has transformed awareness, advocacy, and policy for kidney care worldwide. Originally created to provide meaningful, country-level data for advocacy and health system strengthening, the ISN-GKHA has become one of the most comprehensive global resources on kidney care capacity, workforce, access, and equity.

In this discussion, experts reflects on the origins of the ISN-GKHA, its achievements and challenges of building a global data-driven initiative, and how it has supported policymakers, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates over the past 10 years.

Hear insights on:
• How the ISN-GKHA has influenced global kidney care priorities
• Why country-level data is critical for advocacy and policy change
• Persistent gaps and inequities in kidney care delivery
• Opportunities to strengthen participation and implementation globally
• Priorities for the next decade of the ISN-GKHA

A unique opportunity to hear directly from leaders helping shape the future of global kidney health.

Participants

Adeera Levin
Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Past-President of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). Dr. Levin is an internationally recognized leader in kidney health, chronic kidney disease (CKD) care, and global kidney health policy. She conceived the original vision for the ISN-GKHA as a tool to strengthen advocacy and improve kidney care worldwide through data-driven action.

David W. Johnson
Professor of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of Nephrology at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia. Prof. Johnson is a leading nephrologist and clinical researcher with extensive expertise in dialysis outcomes, epidemiology, and global kidney health initiatives. He co-chairs the ISN-GKHA initiative alongside Dr. Bello.

Aminu K. Bello
Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta, Canada, and Co-Chair of the ISN-GKHA initiative. Dr. Bello is an internationally recognized expert in kidney disease epidemiology, implementation science, and health systems research, with a strong focus on advancing equitable kidney care through global collaboration and policy-informed research.

Learn more about the ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas, access reports and regional insights, and explore the interactive map to visualize kidney care data worldwide: ISN-GKHA webpage

Adeera Levin

Canada

Aminu Bello

Canada

Dr Aminu Bello, MD, PhD, FRCP, FACP, FASN. Professor/Consultant Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta. Dr. Bello qualified as MD in Nigeria and underwent specialist clinical training in internal medicine and nephrology in Nigeria, UK and Canada. He obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), completed his Masters with Distinction and PhD degrees in Nephrology/Epidemiology at the University of Sheffield in the UK (supervised by Prof Meguid El-Nahas). After completing his PhD, he went on to complete a post-doctoral clinical and research fellowship in nephrology at the University of Alberta, Canada (supervised by Dr Marcello Tonelli). Dr Bello is a physician-scientist with major research interests in improving outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), preventing disease progression and reducing risk of complications, development of innovative care delivery models, and quality improvement. He is a member of the Alberta Kidney Disease Network (AKDN), a successful established team of scientists, health care policy-makers, clinical leaders, educators, and knowledge translation experts that studies health services solutions to reduce the burden of CKD and other chronic diseases. He has over 180 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and has keen interests in global health initiatives to improve nephrology practice and education in the emerging nations.