Challenges for sustainable end-stage kidney disease care in low-middle-income countries: the problem of the workforce

Swanepoel, Charles R.; McCulloch, Mignon I.; Abraham, Georgi; Donner, Jo-Ann; Alrukhaimi, Mona N.; Blake, Peter G.; Bunnag, Sakarn; Claus, Stefaan; Dreyer, Gavin; Ghnaimat, Mohammad A.; Ibhais, Fuad M.; Liew, Adrian; McKnight, Marla; Tadesse Mengistu, Yewondwossen; Naicker, Saraladevi; Niang, Abdou; Obrador, Gregorio; Perl, Jeffrey; Rashid, Harun Ur; Tonelli, Marcello

doi:10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.007

Challenges for sustainable end-stage kidney disease care in low-middle-income countries: the problem of the workforce

Journal

Kidney International Supplements

ISSN

2157-1716

Date Issued

2020

Author(s)

Swanepoel, Charles R.

McCulloch, Mignon I.

Abraham, Georgi

Donner, Jo-Ann

Alrukhaimi, Mona N.

Blake, Peter G.

Bunnag, Sakarn

Claus, Stefaan

Dreyer, Gavin

Ghnaimat, Mohammad A.

Ibhais, Fuad M.

Liew, Adrian

McKnight, Marla

Tadesse Mengistu, Yewondwossen

Naicker, Saraladevi

Niang, Abdou

Obrador, Gregorio

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - CampCM

Perl, Jeffrey

Rashid, Harun Ur

Tonelli, Marcello

Tungsanga, Kriang

Vachharajani, Tushar

Zakharova, Elena

Zuniga, Carlos

Finkelstein, Fredric O.

Type

text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.007

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/2112

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. © 2020 International Society of Nephrology