title: Future options for the management of chronic kidney disease in Nigeria.
abstract: The lack of health care infrastructure and prevalence of infectious disease in Nigeria exacerbate the growing problem of diagnosing and treating chronic kidney disease. Nigeria should place more emphasis on chronic kidney disease education, screening, and prevention; propagation of acceptance of peritoneal dialysis over hemodialysis; subsidization of renal replacement costs; and advancement of the national renal transplantation program.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health Science Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. cokafor@ksosn.com
authors.forename: Chidi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Okafor
authors.forename: Charity
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kankam
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011634:Public Health; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*