Opportunities for a chronic disease outreach program in China.
The comparison of the prevalence of patients on regular dialysis treatment (RDT) in the 3 areas of Greater China (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland) with that of the United States and Japan shows that, unlike Taiwan, in which RDT has a higher prevalence than in the United States and Japan, in Mainland China such prevalence is enormously lower. To make the situation more in line with that of Taiwan, around 2 million patients would need to be treated in Mainland China, which would be a tremendous financial burden. Prevention is the only way to improve the situation. Preliminary information regarding an epidemiologic study on the population of Zhuhai, a town in Southeast China, planned in collaboration with the Commission for the Global Advancement of Nephrology of the International Society of Nephrology and the 5th Affiliated Hospital of the Sun-Yat-Sen University in Zhuhai, is given here.
D'Amico
Giuseppe
G
Department of Nephrology and Immunology, San Carlo Hospital, Milano, Italy. giuseppe.damico@oscb.sined.net
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D008403:Mass Screening; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology