2. WORLD KIDNEY DAY 5.

3. Prof. Joel Kopple, M.D. put forward the idea of World Kidney Day in 2003.  IFKF (International Federation of Kidney Foundations) was established in 2000.  Prof. Dr. Joel D. Kopple is one of the first founders of IFKF.  IFKF arranged its first congress in Capadocia.

4. FIRST STEPS FOR WORLD KIDNEY DAY Prof. Dr. Joel F. Kopple offered to IFKF president to hold a World Kidney Day on November 2003. Then International Federation of Kidney Foundations and International Society of Nephrology created a committee Beginning from 2004 some works had already been started on arranging World Kidney Day. First World Kidney Day was held on 9th March 2006. First World Kidney Day’s announcement arrived late to our foundation so we organized a world kidney day meeting within the Foundation Week activities.

5. 1st World Kidney Day 2006 World Kidney Day Theme “Are Your Kidneys O.K.?”

6. 7th International IFKF Meeting, Giardini Naxos, Italy 2006

7. 2nd World Kidney Day 2007 World Kidney Day Theme: “CKD is Common, Harmful and Treatable”

8. 2007

9. We brought a Letter of Thanks from ISN and IFKF in 2007

10. Curitiba / Brazil 8th Annual International IFKF Meeting, 2007

11. 3rd World Kidney Day World Kidney Day Theme in 2008 “Amazing Kidneys”

12. IFKF 2008

13. THIRD WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2008

14. 4th World Kidney Day World Kidney Day Theme in 2009: “Protect Your Kidneys: Keep Your Pressure Down”

15. 2009

16. ÖDÜL

17. World Nephrology Congress, 2009, Milano, Our invitation Card took part in International World Kidney Day works. 2009

18. 5th World Kidney Day’s Main Subject is Diabetes (2010) Main Theme: “Protect Your Kidneys, Control Diabetes

19. 2010

20. Etiological Distribution of Chronic Kidney Disease in Turkey (1996) DiseaseCase NumberPercentage Chronic glomerular nephritis 243028.39 % Diabetes mellitus144916.92 % Hypertension132815.51 % Cystic Kidney Disease 5676.62 % Urological7538.79 % Other Reasons113613.27 % Unknown89610.46 % TOTAL8559100 % Turkish Society of Nephrology, Renal Registry

21. 1999 Turkish Society of Nephrology, Renal Registry Chronic glomerular nephritis Hypertension Diabetic Nephropathy Urological Cystic renal Disease Others Unknown Chronic interstitial nephritis THE ETIOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CKD IN PATIENTS WITH NEW DIAGNOSIS IN TURKEY

22. Chronic Glomerulary Nephritis; 23 %, Diabetes Mellitus; 16 %, Hypertension; 15 %. The etiological distribution of cases detected in 2000

23. 2008 Turkish Society of Nephrology 2009 Renal Registry System

24. Total Center Number: 690 diabetes mellitus’ percentage is 30,7 % in all patients of these centers. - Total Patient: 16510 - The patients with Diabetes Mellitus: 5061 2008

25. Turkish Society of Nephrology 2009 Renal Registry System

26. LIVE AND GIVE LIFE Ayla SAN