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Dialysis Treatment in Africa
• Dialysis treatment rate is <20 per million population (pmp) most reside in
SA (and nil in many countries)
• Large numbers of ESRD but lack of dialysis centers/treatment (>85%)
• Majority (~70%) of patients that are fortunate to get treatment are
underdialyzed
• Inadequate expertise (Brain drain)
• Most pursing for transplants which is also mostly absent
• Most that can afford travel to US, UK and India
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Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis 30 1 (2010): 23-8.
Kidney International Supplements (2013) 3, 161–163; doi:10.1038/kisup.2013.4