| Literature DB >> 32149008 |
Charles R Swanepoel1, Mignon I McCulloch2, Georgi Abraham3, Jo-Ann Donner4, Mona N Alrukhaimi5, Peter G Blake6,7, Sakarn Bunnag8, Stefaan Claus9, Gavin Dreyer10, Mohammad A Ghnaimat11, Fuad M Ibhais12, Adrian Liew13,14, Marla McKnight15,16,17, Yewondwossen Tadesse Mengistu18, Saraladevi Naicker19, Abdou Niang20, Gregorio T Obrador21, Jeffrey Perl22,23, Harun Ur Rashid24, Marcello Tonelli25,26, Kriang Tungsanga27,28, Tushar Vachharajani29,30, Elena Zakharova31,32,33, Carlos Zuniga34, Fredric O Finkelstein35.
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.Entities:
Keywords: ESKD; ISN; LMIC; challenges; innovations; workforce
Year: 2020 PMID： 32149008 PMCID： PMC7031680 DOI： 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Kidney Int Suppl (2011) ISSN： 2157-1716