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Implementation of pediatric nephrology in a Sub-Saharan African setting: the case of Cotonou, Benin

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the IPNA (International Pediatric Nephrology Association) for the fellowship allowance, the IPA (International Pediatric Association) for facilitating initial contacts and discussions with IPNA, Prof. Mignon McCulloch, Dr. Priya Gajjar and the renal team from the Red Cross Children’s Hospital of Cape Town for training, and help in renal specimen analysis, and Prof. Ellis D. Avner from the Children’s Hospital Health System of Wisconsin, for his support.

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  1. Pediatrics Unit, Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire de Cotonou, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d’Abomey, Calavi, Republic of Benin (West Africa)

    Honorat Francis Lalya, Gratien Sagbo, Marcelline Hounnou d’Almeida, Jules Alao, Sikiratou Koumakpaï, Blaise Ayivi & Mohamed Cherif Rahimy

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Lalya, H.F., Sagbo, G., Hounnou d’Almeida, M. et al. Implementation of pediatric nephrology in a Sub-Saharan African setting: the case of Cotonou, Benin. Pediatr Nephrol 25, 783–785 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-009-1365-9

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