Charles R. Swanepoel , Mignon I. McCulloch , Georgi Abraham , Jo-Ann Donner , Mona N. Alrukhaimi , Peter G. Blake , Sakarn Bunnag , Stefaan Claus , Gavin Dreyer , Mohammad A. Ghnaimat , Fuad M. Ibhais , Adrian Liew , Marla McKnight , Yewondwossen Tadesse Mengistu , Saraladevi Naicker , Abdou Niang , Gregorio T. Obrador , Jeffrey Perl , Harun Ur Rashid , Marcello Tonelli , Fredric O. Finkelstein
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Abstract
Prevention and early detection of kidney diseases in adults and children should be a priority for any government health department. This is particularly pertinent in the low-middle-income countries, mostly in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, where up to 7 million people die because of lack of end-stage kidney disease treatment. The nephrology workforce (nurses, technicians, and doctors) is limited in these countries and expanding the size and expertise of the workforce is essential to permit expansion of treatment for both chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease. To achieve this will require sustained action and commitment from governments, academic medical centers, local nephrology societies, and the international nephrology community.
期刊介绍:
Kidney International Supplements is published on behalf of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and comes complimentary as part of a subscription to Kidney International. Kidney International Supplements is a peer-reviewed journal whose focus is sponsored, topical content of interest to the nephrology community.