The KDIGO Asia-Pacific Implementation Summit on Diabetes & Blood Pressure in CKD aimed to identify barriers in implementing two KDIGO clinical practice guidelines, namely the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease, and the KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease. The primary focus was on the Asia Pacific region, stratified by low-, middle- and high-income countries.

Based on the barriers identified, the summit discussed and developed a strategic framework to overcome barriers at the different socioeconomic levels to optimize implementation of the two KDIGO guidelines, which was tailored based on differences in resource levels in the Asia Pacific region.

This Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Saturday, January 20 to Sunday, January 21, 2024. The meeting brought together approximately 30 experts from across the Asia Pacific region, including nephrologists, health economists, and patients.

Sunita Bavanandan (Malaysia) & Angela Wang (Hong Kong) co-chaired this summit.