TY - JOUR AU - Garcia-Garcia G. AU - Garcia-Garcia G. AU - Li P. AU - Couser W. AU - Erk T. AU - Zakharova E. AU - Segantini L. AU - Shay P. AU - Riella M. AU - Osafo C. AU - Dupuis S. AU - Kernahan C. AU - Jha V. AB -

Twelve March 2015 will mark the 10th anniversary of World Kidney Day (WKD), an initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations. Since its inception in 2006, WKD has become the most successful effort ever mounted to raise awareness among decision-makers and the general public about the importance of kidney disease. Each year WKD reminds us that kidney disease is common, harmful and treatable. The focus of WKD 2015 is on chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations. This article reviews the key links between poverty and CKD and the consequent implications for the prevention of kidney disease and the care of kidney patients in these populations.

AD - Nephrology Service , Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center , Guadalajara, Jalisco , Mexico.
Institute of Medical Education and Research , Chandigarh , India ; George Institute for Global Health , New Delhi , India ; University of Oxford , Oxford , UK. AN - 25713703 BT - Clinical Kidney Journal C2 - PMC4310427 DP - NLM ET - 2015/02/26 LA - eng LB - UK
INDIA M1 - 1 N1 - Garcia-Garcia, Guillermo
Jha, Vivekanand
Tao Li, Philip Kam
Couser, William G
Erk, Timur
Zakharova, Elena
Segantini, Luca
Shay, Paul
Riella, Miguel C
Osafo, Charlotte
Dupuis, Sophie
Kernahan, Charles
England
Clin Kidney J. 2015 Feb;8(1):3-6. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfu124. Epub 2014 Nov 26. N2 -

Twelve March 2015 will mark the 10th anniversary of World Kidney Day (WKD), an initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations. Since its inception in 2006, WKD has become the most successful effort ever mounted to raise awareness among decision-makers and the general public about the importance of kidney disease. Each year WKD reminds us that kidney disease is common, harmful and treatable. The focus of WKD 2015 is on chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations. This article reviews the key links between poverty and CKD and the consequent implications for the prevention of kidney disease and the care of kidney patients in these populations.

PY - 2015 SN - 2048-8505 (Print)
2048-8505 (Linking) SP - 3 EP - 6 T2 - Clinical Kidney Journal TI - Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations VL - 8 ER -