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Nephrology in Uganda

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Kidney disease is a common problem worldwide with one in ten people estimated to have kidney disease. Developing countries like those in sub-Saharan Africa have the largest burden of disease due to lack of well-established infrastructure for prevention, diagnosis, and care for patients with kidney disease. The current prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Uganda ranges from 2.5% in the general population to 14.4% among high-risk groups. The major risk factors driving kidney disease include hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and infections, particularly HIV-AIDS. However, a large proportion of the general population with chronic kidney disease (45%) is not explained by the known risk factors. In 2019, Uganda had 10 nephrologists serving a population of close to 45 million people. A lot needs to be done to improve the status quo.

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  1. Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

    Robert Kalyesubula, Anthony Batte & Peace Bagasha

  2. MRC/UVRI & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

    Robert Kalyesubula

  3. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

    Robert Kalyesubula

  4. Bank of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

    Gyaviira Makanga

  5. St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda

    Joseph Ogavu Gyagenda & David Atuhe

  6. Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

    Grace Kansiime, Daniel Kiggundu, Simon Peter Eyoku & Peace Bagasha

  7. Panorama Medical Center, Kampala, Uganda

    Emmanuel Ssekasanvu

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Kalyesubula, R. et al. (2021). Nephrology in Uganda. In: Moura-Neto, J.A., Divino-Filho, J.C., Ronco, C. (eds) Nephrology Worldwide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56890-0_7

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