Challenges to Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care in LMICs: An Opinion Piece

• Divya Bajpai,
• Workagegnehu Hailu,
• Peace Bagasha,
• Onu Ugochi Chika,
• Ehab Hafiz,
• Elliot Koranteng Tannor,
• Eranga Wijewickrama,
• Robert Kalyesubula,
• Sabine Karam,
• Viviane Calice-Silva,
• Isabelle Ethier,
• Shaifali Sandal

Affiliations

Divya Bajpai

Department of Nephrology, King Edward (VII) Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, India

Workagegnehu Hailu

Unit of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Peace Bagasha

Directorate of Internal Medicine, Mulago National Specialized Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Onu Ugochi Chika

University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Ehab Hafiz

Electron Microscopy Department, Clinical Laboratory Division, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Elliot Koranteng Tannor

Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Eranga Wijewickrama

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Robert Kalyesubula

Department of Physiology, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Sabine Karam

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Viviane Calice-Silva

Research Department, Pro-rim Foundation and School of Medicine, UNIVILLE, Joinville, Brazil

Isabelle Ethier

Health Innovation and Evaluation hub, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada

Shaifali Sandal

MEDIC, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada