title: Chronic kidney disease in disadvantaged populations.
abstract: The increased burden of CKD in disadavantaged populations is due to both global factors and population-specific issues. Low socioeconomic status and poor access to care contribute to health care disparities, and exacerbate the negative effects of genetic or biologic predisposition. Provision of appropriate renal care to these populations requires a two-pronged approach: expanding the reach of dialysis through development of low-cost alternatives that can be practiced in remote locations, and implementation and evaluation of cost-effective prevention strategies. Kidney transplantation should be promoted by expanding deceased donor transplant programs and use of inexpensive, generic immunosuppressive drugs. The message of WKD 2015 is that a concerted attack against the diseases that lead to ESRD, by increasing community outreach, better education, improved economic opportunity, and access to preventive medicine for those at highest risk, could end the unacceptable relationship between CKD and disadvantage in these communities.
authors.affiliation: 1 Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. 2 Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. 3 George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India. 4 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garcia-Garcia
authors.forename: Vivekanand
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics; D014943:Global Health / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008913:Minority Groups; D011203:Poverty; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000208:ethnology