Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Bianca Davidson, Yannick Nlandu, Peace Bagasha, Workagegnehu Hailu Bilchut, M Razeen Davids, Hassane M Diongole, Udeme E Ekrikpo, Ehab O A Hafiz, Kwaifa Salihu Ibrahim, Robert Kalyesubula, Aisha M Nalado, Timothy O Olanrewaju, Ugochi Chika Onu, Nikhil Pereira-Kamath, Aminu Muhammad Sakajiki, Mohamed Salah, Lloyd Vincent, Silvia Arruebo, Aminu K Bello, Fergus J Caskey, Sandrine Damster, Jo-Ann Donner, Vivekanand Jha, David W Johnson, Adeera Levin, Charu Malik, Masaomi Nangaku, Ikechi G Okpechi, Marcello Tonelli, Feng Ye, Gloria Enow Ashuntantang, Fatiu Abiola Arogundade
The burden of chronic kidney disease and associated risk of kidney failure are increasing in Africa. The management of people with chronic kidney disease is fraught with numerous challenges because of limitations in health systems and infrastructures for care delivery. From the third iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas, we describe the status of kidney care in the ISN Africa region using the World Health Organization building blocks for health systems. We identified limited government health spending, which in turn led to increased out-of-pocket costs for people with kidney disease at the point of service delivery...
April 2024: Kidney International Supplements