5/5💪 PD is moving forward.
Taking the world by storm! 🚀🌏❤️‍🔥
#ISPD26 #PDFirst #PeritonealDialysis #KidneyCare #RenalNursing #NurseLedCare #SouthAfrica #CapeTown #Africa #Dialysis #TransformingHealthcare

4/5 Everyone has a role to play in shaping the future of kidney care.

🌍 South Africa is opening the conversation.

🔥 Africa is ready for change. #ISPD26

3/5 And this conversation is truly bringing everyone to the table including the Department of Health, South Africa, who has opened the floor for this prestigious and important session.

🩺 Patients.
🩺 Nurses.
🩺 Doctors.
💪 Multidisciplinary teams. 🌏 Policymakers.
#ISPD26

2/5 Join us for the discussions and the online buzz as we explore how a PD-First approach can benefit patients, create new opportunities for clinicians, and perhaps most excitingly empower and inspire nurses to learn, grow and become even more actively involved in advancing PD care! 🙌❤️‍🔥💃
#ISPD26

1/5 WE ARE HERE!! 🇿🇦🔥

We are launching the PD-First Policy in South Africa, right here in Cape Town! 💪🩺🌍

This is a significant moment for the future of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) across our country and the African continent. #ISPD26

This morning, Prof Moosa, a renowned professional in the health sector is tackling a deeply sensitive & delicate topic: #DialysisRationing across the Southern African healthcare landscape. The room was packed with professionals engaging & asking necessary questions. #ISPD26 @nihalbashir.bsky.social

One of the highlights today at #ISPD26 will be the presentation of the brand-new joint ISPD-ISRNM Nutrition Guidelines in Meeting Room 1.4 at 12h25.

You can already download the Guidelines on the @pdi-journal.bsky.social website (Open Access):
bit.ly/Nutri-GL-26-...

We are kicking it off this morning talking about Mineral Bone Disease in CKD by our incoming #ISPD President Prof Brett Cullis 💪🌏🩺

#SoMe Team @ispd.org @nihalbashir.bsky.social @anabelamalho.bsky.social @pdi-journal.bsky.social
#ISPD26 #PDFirst #MineralBoneDisease

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Peter Rutherford spoke on making PD fluid at the point of care, and a debate asked whether local production is the answer to PD growth in low resource settings.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Rumeyza Kazancioglu spoke on PD in emergencies and disasters. PDI has published on solution shortages and on PD during COVID-19.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Fabrice Mac Way spoke on mineral and bone disorders in PD. Two PDI papers on PTH, calcium and fractures.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Laura Gillis spoke on PD in diabetes. Two PDI papers on glucose control in people with diabetes on PD.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Annabel Boyer presented outcomes on PD in people whose kidney disease is related to multiple myeloma, from the French Language PD Registry. The study is in PDI.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, the nutrition session covered obesity, wasting and the joy of eating on PD. PDI has published the new ISRNM-ISPD nutrition recommendation and more.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Mark Lambie reviewed where glucose-free PD solutions stand, and Valentina Masola presented XyloCore data on peritoneal fibrosis. Two PDI papers.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Frank Brennan gave the afternoon plenary on managing symptoms to promote good quality of life. Two PDI papers on common symptoms in PD.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Karin Bergling asked whether blocking glucose transport across the peritoneal membrane could become a therapy. PDI has published the work behind the idea.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Philip Li spoke on frailty and dialysis decisions, and Sarinya Boongird presented on frailty and mortality on PD. PDI has published on both.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Takefumi Mori presented on silver-coated PD catheters and biofilm. PDI has published a direct look at biofilm on PD catheters.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26

On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Kate Brotherton presented 20 years of national data on PD withdrawal in Australia. PDI has published on why people leave PD and how to measure it.

#PDI #PeritonealDialysis #ISPD26