Table 3.

Goal 3: sustain and enhance development, dissemination, and awareness of clinical practice guidelines¹⁵

Activities	Partners	Possible deliverables	Commentary
Continue to develop, update, and adapt clinical practice guidelines pertinent to CKD on a global scale	KDIGO and other guideline organizations	New guidelines and guideline updates Adequate guideline development capacity and advancement of guideline development methods Infrastructure and processes to coordinate global CKD guideline development	Guidelines should cover pertinent topics and be kept current
Facilitate the implementation of guidelines into practice	KDIGO and other guideline organizations	Include guideline implementation champions in guideline groups and facilitate inclusion of considerations for guideline adaptation (optimal and alternative choices for specific settings), as well as recommendations for implementation and performance measurement Develop guideline commentaries and adaptations	Guidelines should address the applicability of recommendations in low- and middle-income countries and other specific settings and offer suggestions for implementation
Promote guideline dissemination and education	KDIGO and other guideline organizations	Ensure global access to guidelines including generalists who provide CKD care Conference sessions on guidelines International Ambassador programs to incorporate guideline education Task force to survey non-nephrology guidelines, establish contacts with non-nephrology guideline organizations, and work toward inclusion and integration of CKD-related recommendations in future updates Inclusion of guidelines in CME Programs and dissemination of Nephrology Guidelines to other specialty and generalist guideline groups Increase number of individuals being treated according to recommendations (including in low- and middle-income countries)	CKD care guidelines should be globally accessible, widely disseminated, adopted, and integrated

CKD, chronic kidney disease; CME, continuing medical education; KDIGO, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes.