Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney, Mohamed A. Osman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the global capacity (availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability) to deliver kidney replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) and conservative kidney management. DESIGN: International cross sectional survey. SETTING: International Society of Nephrology (I...
Mohamed A. Osman, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Ezequiel Bellorín-Font et al.
The health workforce is the cornerstone of any health care system. An adequately trained and sufficiently staffed workforce is essential to reach universal health coverage. In particular, a nephrology workforce is critical to meet the growing worldwide burden of kidney disease. Despite some attempts...
Yeoungjee Cho, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
Rationale & Objective Approximately 11% of people with kidney failure worldwide are treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study examined PD use and practice patterns across the globe. Study Design A cross-sectional survey. Setting & Participants Stakeholders including clinicians, policy makers...
Htay Htay, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Aminu K. Bello et al.
Access to essential medications and health products is critical to effective management of kidney disease. Using data from the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas multinational cross-sectional survey, global access of patients with kidney disease to essential medications and health products was examined....
Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, P. G. Lunn
A longitudinal study of 298 rural Bangladeshi infants found evidence of growth faltering starting at 3 months of age. Anthropometric status declined substantially in the first 2 years of life, with weight-for-height (WHZ) falling from - 0.49 to - 1.75, weight-for-age (WAZ) from - 1.18 to - 2.87 and ...
Christine A. Northrop‐Clewes, Emily K. Rousham, CG Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, P. G. Lunn
Background The effect of helminth infestation on the nutrition, growth, and physiology of the host is still poorly understood. Anthelmintic treatment of children in developing countries has had varying success in terms of growth improvements. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the e...
Htay Htay, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
Rationale & Objective Hemodialysis (HD) is the most common form of kidney replacement therapy. This study aimed to examine the use, availability, accessibility, affordability, and quality of HD care worldwide. Study Design A cross-sectional survey. Setting & Participants Stakeholders (clinicians, po...
Siran He, Jeffrey C. Lunnen, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Amar-Singh et al.
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to analyze the epidemiology of childhood unintentional injuries presenting to hospitals in 5 select sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, and Pakistan). METHODS: We collected standardized data from children ages 0 to 12 years a...
Aminu K. Bello, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Ezequiel Bellorín-Font et al.
Reliable governance and health financing are critical to the abilities of health systems in different countries to sustainably meet the health needs of their peoples, including those with kidney disease. A comprehensive understanding of existing systems and infrastructure is therefore necessary to g...
Christine Verboon, Bianca van den Berg, David R. Cornblath, Esmée Venema et al.
OBJECTIVE: To compare disease course in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with a poor prognosis who were treated with one or with two intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) courses. METHODS: From the International GBS Outcome Study, we selected patients whose modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score ...
Emily K. Yeung, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
OBJECTIVES: The Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) is a multinational, cross-sectional survey designed to assess the current capacity for kidney care across all world regions. The 2017 GKHA involved 125 countries and identified significant gaps in oversight, funding and infrastructure to support care...
Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, P. G. Lunn
In order to test the impact of Giardia and geohelminthic infection on infant growth faltering in Bangladesh, a randomised double-blind placebo controlled intervention of 36 weeks' duration was conducted in a rural community located 40 km northwest of Dhaka. Infants aged between 3 and 15 months were ...
Emily K. Rousham, C. A. Northrop‐Clewes, P. G. Lunn
In a longitudinal study of child growth and nutritional status in Bangladesh, child morbidity was recorded using health interviews with the mother. The aim of the present study was to establish whether maternal reports of child illness were associated with the biochemical health status of the child....
Brendon L. Neuen, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
National strategies for addressing chronic kidney disease (CKD) are crucial to improving kidney health. We sought to describe country-level variations in non-communicable disease (NCD) strategies and CKD-specific policies across different regions and income levels worldwide. The International Societ...
Meaghan Lunney, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Aminu K. Bello et al.
An international survey led by the International Society of Nephrology in 2016 assessed the current capacity of kidney care worldwide. To better understand how governance and leadership guide kidney care, items pertinent to government priority, advocacy, and guidelines, among others, were examined. ...
Emily See, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Aminu K. Bello et al.
Development and planning of health care services requires robust health information systems to define the burden of disease, inform policy development, and identify opportunities to improve service provision. The global coverage of kidney disease health information systems has not been well reported...
Christine A. Northrop, P. G. Lunn, Mark Wainwright, J. Evans
Plasma albumin concentration and intestinal permeability have been investigated in Bangladeshi children before and 9-14 d after successful treatment for ascariasis. Children infected with A. lumbricoides had lower plasma albumin concentrations than counterparts not harbouring this worm and values in...
Emily See, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
BACKGROUND: Health information systems (HIS) are fundamental tools for the surveillance of health services, estimation of disease burden and prioritization of health resources. Several gaps in the availability of HIS for kidney disease were highlighted by the first iteration of the Global Kidney Hea...
Ikechi G. Okpechi, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Ezequiel Bellorín-Font et al.
Due to the worldwide rising prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), there is a need to develop strategies through well-designed clinical studies to guide decision making and improve delivery of care to CKD patients. A cross-sectional survey was conducted based on the International Society of Nep...
Smita Divyaveer, Raja Ramachandran, Manisha Sahay, Dibya Singh Shah et al.
Information about disease burden and the available infrastructure and workforce to care for patients with kidney disease was collected for the second edition of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas. This paper presents findings for the 8 countries in the South Asia regi...