Guillermo Garcia-Garcia1, Vivekanand Jha. 1. aNephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico bPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India and University of Oxford, UK *Members of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee are: Philip Kam Tao Li, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, William G. Couser, Timur Erk, Elena Zakharova, Luca Segantini, Paul Shay, Miguel C. Riella, Charlotte Osafo, Sophie Dupuis, Charles Kernahan.