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Chronic kidney disease in disadvantaged populations

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'Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations' is the focus of World Kidney Day 2015. In this article, we discuss the disproportionate burden of CKD in disadvantaged communities as well as approaches to ensure the provision of appropriate renal care across socioeconomic and ethnic groups.

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Members of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee are: Philip Kam Tao Li, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, William G. Couser, Timur Erk, Elena Zakharova, Luca Segantini, Paul Shay, Miguel C. Riella, Charlotte Osafo, Sophie Dupuis and Charles Kernahan.

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  1. Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Centre, Hospital 278, Guadalajara, 44280, Jal. C.P., Mexico

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  2. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

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  3. The George Institute for Global Health, 219-221, Splendor Forum, Jasola, New Delhi, 110 025, India

    Vivekanand Jha

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Garcia-Garcia, G., Jha, V. Chronic kidney disease in disadvantaged populations. Nat Rev Nephrol 11, 128–129 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2015.4

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