Source: The First Affiliated Hospital
Written by: The First Affiliated Hospital
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

Professor Xueqing Yu from The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University was elected as the president-elect of the 17th Asian Renal Association (ARA) for a term of 2 years from 2017 to 2019 at the just-concluded executive committee of the 16th ARA. Professor Xueqing Yu is the first nephrologist from the Chinese mainland to take on this position. ARA was founded in 1974, making a huge contribution to the progress and advancement of Asia’s nephrology.

During the address, Professor Xueqing Yu suggested that ARA should aim for a greater contribution to the worldwide nephrology advancement since Asia has the largest population among all the seven continents, and acts as a locomotive for the global economic development. In the coming three years, in cooperation with International Society of Nephrology (ISN), and International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), Chinese Society of Nephrology (CSN) will support 20 Nephrologists from Asian countries to receive training and join the CME courses hosted in China annually. In the meantime, CSN will take an active part in organizing training activities for African renal doctors, especially for dialysis therapy, as well as assist Chinese dialysis enterprises to develop in Africa, offering high-quality and inexpensive dialysis products to help achieve the goal of ISN 025 project in Africa.