Kidney International Reports (Sep 2020)
CKD Care and Research in Guatemala: Overview and Meeting Report
- Pablo Garcia,
- Carlos Mendoza,
- Joaquin Barnoya,
- Jose Monzón,
- Ann C. Miller,
- Angie Aguilar-González,
- Julio Boj,
- Allan Cifuentes,
- Pedro Dávila,
- David Flood,
- Carolina Guzmán-Quilo,
- Agualuz Hernandez,
- Randall Lou-Meda,
- Eduardo Palacios,
- Vicente Sánchez-Polo,
- Regina Sosa,
- Peter Rohloff
Affiliations
- Pablo Garcia
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA; Centro para Investigaciones sobre la Salud Indígena, Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala
- Carlos Mendoza
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá, INCAP), Guatemala
- Joaquin Barnoya
- Unit for Cardiovascular Surgery (Unidad de Cirugía Cardiovascular de Guatemala, UNICAR), Guatemala; Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Health Sciences (El Instituto de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Ciencias de la Salud, IECIS), Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala
- Jose Monzón
- Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Health Sciences (El Instituto de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Ciencias de la Salud, IECIS), Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala
- Ann C. Miller
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Angie Aguilar-González
- Foundation for Children with Kidney Disease (Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal, FUNDANIER), Guatemala
- Julio Boj
- National Center for Chronic Renal Disease (Unidad Nacional de Atención al Enfermo Renal Crónico, UNAERC), Guatemala
- Allan Cifuentes
- Guatemalan Ministry of Health, Guatemala
- Pedro Dávila
- Guatemalan Nephrology Association (Asociación Guatemalteca de Nefrología, AGN), Guatemala
- David Flood
- Centro para Investigaciones sobre la Salud Indígena, Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala; National Clinicians Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Carolina Guzmán-Quilo
- Toxicology Department-SALTRA, Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala
- Agualuz Hernandez
- Guatemalan Nephrology Association (Asociación Guatemalteca de Nefrología, AGN), Guatemala; Guatemalan Institute of Social Security (Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, IGSS), Guatemala
- Randall Lou-Meda
- Foundation for Children with Kidney Disease (Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal, FUNDANIER), Guatemala
- Eduardo Palacios
- Chronic Diseases Program of the Ministry of Health of Guatemala, Guatemala
- Vicente Sánchez-Polo
- Guatemalan Institute of Social Security (Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, IGSS), Guatemala
- Regina Sosa
- Guatemalan Nephrology Association (Asociación Guatemalteca de Nefrología, AGN), Guatemala; Guatemalan Institute of Social Security (Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, IGSS), Guatemala
- Peter Rohloff
- Centro para Investigaciones sobre la Salud Indígena, Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala; Correspondence: Peter Rohloff, 2da Avenida 3-48 Zona 3, Barrio Patacabaj, Tecpán, Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 9
pp. 1567 – 1575
Abstract
On October 14–15, 2019, the 1st Symposium to Promote Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Research in Guatemala was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Symposium hosted more than 50 attendees, including health care professionals, policy makers, researchers, and leaders of nongovernmental organizations. The meeting’s objectives were to (1) share clinical and health delivery experiences, (2) disseminate local research, and (3) establish consensus priorities for future research. In this report, we review the state of CKD nephrology in Guatemala, summarize experiences shared during the meeting from representatives of the clinical settings in Guatemala where CKD care is provided, and describe consensus priorities for future research.
