In Zimbabwe, where access to pediatric kidney replacement therapy can be particularly challenging, skills gained through a Saving Young Lives (SYL) course helped make a life-saving intervention possible. Dr. Linos Sibanda recently shared the story of an 8-day-old baby boy who presented to his team at just seven days of age with severe hypernatremic dehydration

At the Tambacounda Regional Hospital, located approximately 480 km from Dakar, we recently performed acute peritoneal dialysis on an 8-year-old girl with severe malaria complicated by acute kidney injury. On admission, the patient had a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 9/15, a blood urea level of 3.4 g/L, and a serum creatinine level of 84

After participating in the Saving Young Lives (SYL) workshop held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, we had the opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge and skills we had acquired to provide kidney replacement therapy to a critically ill pediatric patient. Last Thursday, we admitted a 4-month-old infant with mixed shock (septic and cardiogenic), severe left ventricular

An inspiring success story from Dr. Rojas in Estelí, Nicaragua: following the SYL training in Bolivia, she successfully performed her first dialysis catheter placement using a central venous (CV) line—the equipment she had available. Even more remarkably, she was teaching the pediatric surgeon throughout the procedure. A wonderful example of resourcefulness, knowledge transfer, and the

Recently, I’ve been feeling a strong sense of fulfillment from truly applying what I’ve learned. As knowledge becomes organized and internalized—and even shared through exchanges with physicians from different countries—I can clearly see my own growth. I still remember the anxiety and uncertainty when I first started placing double lumen catheters as an 1st-year resident

A former SYL trainee, Mynor, is now training Pediatric residents in Guatemala. Isn’t it amazing when the seed grows? 🌱

An inspiring success story from our WCN’26 Yokohama PD Workshop participant, Joseph Tigarea from Fiji 🇫🇯 Joseph recently performed his first peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion independently — a major milestone that reduced the need to call in surgeons and strengthened local PD capacity in his center. Even more encouraging, he was able to train

A powerful success story from our WCN’26 Yokohama PD Workshop participant, Bimala Baniya from Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵 Bimala recently performed peritoneal dialysis (PD) in a 2-year-old child with T-cell ALL, tumor lysis syndrome, fluid overload, and uremic encephalopathy — using a rigid PD catheter, as it was the only available option. The child successfully received