We encourage all nephrology-related societies to
read the IHDC Manifesto and endorse it by clicking the link below:
Our society joined efforts with the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) to address the need for a coordinated effort to increase access to home dialysis, both peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home haemodialysis (HHD) globally in both high- and lower-income countries. To enable home dialysis growth, the barriers to the adoption of home dialysis need to be recognized, and actions developed to surmount them.
To achieve its aims, the International Home Dialysis Consortium (IHDC) has formed a globally representative steering group of dialysis clinicians (medical and nursing), including representatives from ISN and ISPD, but also other global partners such as IPNA and the ISHD, and regional organizations such as AFRAN, SLANH, and APSN, and representatives from industry partners.
By engaging with national and regional nephrology societies, patient organizations, researchers developing regional innovations, commercial partners with interests in PD and HHD, and those responsible nationally for healthcare policies and funding, the IHDC wants to leverage ideas, efforts, and advocacy worldwide with the ultimate goal of bringing the benefits of home dialysis to more patients in need.
The consortium will focus on implementation, building on the work already done to promote home dialysis and identify the main barriers– in particular the KDIGO Controversies Conference that focused on how modality choice and distribution are determined and strategies to expand the use of home dialysis.
The IHDC Steering Committee has been working since 2022 to integrate as many partners as possible and to set the grounds for the work of the IHDC in 2024 and 2025. The first events of the IHDC will focus on Latin America, South Asia, and the Middle East.
IHDC Launch Event and Experts Meeting in Buenos Aires – April 2024
The IHDC took the opportunity offered by the World Congress of Nephrology 2024, bringing together kidney care professionals from Latin America and the rest of the world, to organize a half-day meeting before the start of the Congress in Buenos Aires.
With the objective of generating action plans to surmount the well-recognized barriers to home dialysis in South and Latin America, more than sixty experts on home dialysis worked together first online, then in person in Buenos Aires, in four different online workgroups. A survey for home dialysis professionals in Latin America was launched to gather information to work on. During the Buenos Aires event, there were plenary and workgroup meetings to advance the work, which was later continued through the summer of 2024.
As a result of the work of the Experts Group in Buenos Aires, the IHDC has produced a Manifesto (see below) and is working on an article to be presented in the upcoming weeks/months.
IHDC Manifesto
The IHDC Manifesto has already been signed by the ISPD and the ISN. The IHDC invites other organizations to read the manifesto and join us in calling for the promotion of home dialysis globally by visiting the IHDC Manifesto microsite HERE.
We request that you ask your national society to consider signing the IHDC manifesto and commit to work to increase access to home dialysis therapies for those needing kidney replacement therapies. Please get in touch with the ISPD Secretariat and we shall inform you of the next steps.
IHDC Experts Meeting in Dubai – September 2024
The IHDC hosted the second meeting on the closing day of the ISPD Congress 2024 in Dubai. Building on the experience from the meeting in Buenos Aires, we reviewed the barriers to the growth of Home Dialysis in the Middle East region and looked for specific solutions that can be applied in the region, taking into consideration cultural, economic, and medical factors. We are now working in producing a document with the outcomes of the meeting.
IHDC Experts Meeting in Delhi – February 2025
The IHDC will hold the second meeting on the closing day of the ISPD Congress 2024 in Dubai. Building on the experience from the meeting in Buenos Aires, we will present the barriers to the growth of Home Dialysis in the Middle East region and look for specific solutions that can be applied in the region, taking into consideration cultural, economic, and medical factors.
IHDC Resources
We are working on preparing the Resources.
They will be uploaded soon!