title: Prevention strategies for chronic kidney disease in Latin America: a strategy for the next decade--a report on the Villarica Conference.
abstract: Representatives from 19 Latin American countries gathered to report and deliberate on both the present and future implications of the growing epidemic of chronic kidney disease-as well as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension-and to define the role that national health systems need to adopt in order to cope with them. Country-by-country reports provided an excellent overview of the current state of health care in general and chronic diseases in particular. The meeting concluded with a consensus statement on the most urgent needs for the next decade.
authors.affiliation: The Gairdner Foundation, and Massey College, University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario, Canada. john.dirks@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dirks
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burdmann
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Correa-Rotter
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mezzano
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Iturbe
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D012307:Risk Factors