A day-long conference titled, "International CME on Kidney Disease and Hemodialysis" was held in Dhaka on recently. The conference was organised by Bangladesh Renal Association and powered by NIPRO-JMI Medical Limited, a Japan-Bangladesh joint venture company, says a press release.

Speakers at the conference discussed how to avoid kidney disease and ensure affordable renal care. The sessions at the international conference were --- Water quality in hemodialysis - Correlation between high-quality water and affordable care; Dialyzer - Effective selection to better patients' outcome for affordable care; and the world knowledge and the recent trend of dialysis: Real-world experience from Singapore, Europe, and Japan.

The conference disclosed that only 40 percent of the infected patients with kidney disease have been receiving dialysis services across the country. As a result, a large number of patients are dying without treatment.

For this, the speakers emphasised ensuring affordable care for renal patients. Besides, they also suggested creating awareness about kidney disease and starting treatment at the early stage of the disease.