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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
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