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The practice of Nephrology in Nigeria dates back to the 1960s when the country gained independence from the UK. The University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, as a college of the University of London, had the first recognised Nephrology unit. Several other units have been established over the years countrywide in federal, state and private institutions, although these units are mainly restricted to the urban parts of the country where an estimated 51.9% of the population now live. These units mainly have the capacity to carry out haemodialysis, with much fewer units having the capacity to carry out peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation. Haemodialysis has been consistently carried out in the country since 1982 with expanding capacity, and renal transplantation since March 2000. Peritoneal dialysis, however, despite being first performed in the early 1960s at UCH Ibadan, is done only in few centres and as acute intermittent peritoneal dialysis due to various challenges which are addressed in this chapter. The chapter also details a summary of the spectrum of kidney diseases, therapies and related research that are available in the country. The peculiarities and challenges faced by those engaged in the care of these patients are also outlined.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University/Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

    Fatiu Abiola Arogundade

  2. Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

    Christopher I. Esezobor

  3. Department of Paediatrics, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

    Henrietta Uchenna Okafor

  4. Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

    Aliyu Abdu

  5. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Rasheed Abiodun Balogun

  6. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria

    Emmanuel Edet Effa

  7. Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Joyce Popoola

  8. St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria

    Ebun Ladipo Bamgboye

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Arogundade, F.A. et al. (2021). Nephrology in Nigeria. 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_5

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