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. 2022 Mar 7;7(5):1136-1137.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.02.024. eCollection 2022 May.

Ethiopia's Tigray Dialysis Service Cut Due to Dwindling Supplies Amid War

Ephrem Berhe¹, Ora Paltiel², Hale Teka¹, Hailemariam Gebrearegay¹, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha¹, Mengistu Hagazi Tequare¹, Afework Mulugeta¹

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ College of Health Sciences, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia.
² Faculty of Medicine, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 35570984
PMCID: PMC9091578
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.02.024

Ethiopia's Tigray Dialysis Service Cut Due to Dwindling Supplies Amid War

Ephrem Berhe et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 7;7(5):1136-1137.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.02.024. eCollection 2022 May.

Authors

Ephrem Berhe¹, Ora Paltiel², Hale Teka¹, Hailemariam Gebrearegay¹, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha¹, Mengistu Hagazi Tequare¹, Afework Mulugeta¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Health Sciences, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia.
² Faculty of Medicine, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 35570984
PMCID: PMC9091578
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.02.024

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Figure 1
Total annual number of dialysis sessions (left) and number of patients treated with hemodialysis (right) in consecutive years, per year: 2016 to 2021, Ayder Hospital, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.

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