1. Capacity for the management of kidney failure in the International Society of Nephrology Africa region: report from the 2023 ISN Global Kidney Atlas (ISN-GKHA)
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Tannor, Elliot Koranteng, Davidson, Bianca, Nlandu, Yannick, Bagasha, Peace, Bilchut, Workagegnehu Hailu, Davids, M. Razeen, Diongole, Hassane M., Ekrikpo, Udeme E., Hafiz, Ehab O.A., Ibrahim, Kwaifa Salihu, Kalyesubula, Robert, Nalado, Aisha M., Olanrewaju, Timothy O., Onu, Ugochi Chika, Pereira-Kamath, Nikhil, Sakajiki, Aminu Muhammad, Salah, Mohamed, Vincent, Lloyd, Arruebo, Silvia, Bello, Aminu K., Caskey, Fergus J., Damster, Sandrine, Donner, Jo-Ann, Jha, Vivekanand, Johnson, David W., Levin, Adeera, Malik, Charu, Nangaku, Masaomi, Okpechi, Ikechi G., Tonelli, Marcello, Ye, Feng, Ashuntantang, Gloria Enow, Arogundade, Fatiu Abiola, Gawad, Mohammed Abdel, Abderrahim, Ezzedine, Akl, Ahmed, Amekoudi, Eyram Makafui Yoan, Amouzegar, Atefeh, Awobusuyi, Jacob Olugbenga, Bakoush, Omran, Chissico, Elsa R., Cho, Yeoungjee, Coker, Joshua, Cullis, Brett, Dahwa, Rumbidzai, Darwish, Rasha Ahmed, Davison, Sara N., Divyaveer, Smita, Ethier, Isabelle, Fagoonee, Kevin, Fofana, Aboubacar Sidiki, Freercks, Robert, Wing-Shing Fung, Winston, Gandzali-Ngabe, Pierre Eric, Ghimire, Anukul, Gouda, Zaghloul Elsafy, Habyarimana, Oswald, Htay, Htay, Wan, Davy Ip Min, Irish, Georgina, Ismail, Wesam, Jagne, Abubacarr, Jarraya, Faiçal, Jindal, Kailash, Kabllo, Babikir G., Kalebi, Ahmed Y., Kaze Folefack, François F., Kelly, Dearbhla M., Lalji, Rowena, Lomatayo, Ben, Mah, Sidi Mohamed, Zalba Mahamat Abderraman, Guillaume, McCulloch, Mignon, Mengistu, Yewondwossen Tadesse, Moloi, Mothusi Walter, Mwaba, Chisambo, Neuen, Brendon L., Ngigi, John, Niang, Abdou, Nyandwi, Joseph, Odeh, Emad, Osman, Mohamed A., Le Grand Ouanekpone, Cédric Patrick, Petrova, Anna, Ranivoharisoa, Eliane M., Riaz, Parnian, Saad, Syed, See, Emily, Sokwala, Ahmed, Solarin, Adaobi Uzoamaka, Sozio, Stephen M., Houssani, Tarik Sqalli, Kiswaya, Ernest Sumaili, Tia, Weu Melanie, Tiv, Sophanny, Ts'enoli, Thabang, Tungsanga, Somkanya, Ulasi, Ifeoma I., Vanglist, Ssentamu John, Viecelli, Andrea, Wadee, Shoyab, Wainstein, Marina, Wearne, Nicola, Yeung, Emily K., and Zaidi, Deenaz
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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. The health care workforce across Africa was suboptimal and further challenged by the exodus of trained health care workers out of the continent. Medical products, technologies, and services for the management of people with nondialysis chronic kidney disease and for kidney replacement therapy were scarce due to limitations in health infrastructure, which was inequitably distributed. There were few kidney registries and advocacy groups championing kidney disease management in Africa compared with the rest of the world. Strategies for ensuring improved kidney care in Africa include focusing on chronic kidney disease prevention and early detection, improving the effectiveness of the available health care workforce (e.g., multidisciplinary teams, task substitution, and telemedicine), augmenting kidney care financing, providing quality, up-to-date health information data, and improving the accessibility, affordability, and delivery of quality treatment (kidney replacement therapy or conservative kidney management) for all people living with kidney failure.
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- 2024
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