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. 2022 Mar 29;3(6):1105-1108.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0007592021. eCollection 2022 Jun 30.

Global Dialysis Perspective: Haiti

Judith Exantus  1
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Global Dialysis Perspective: Haiti

Judith Exantus. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Haiti; dialysis; dialysis funding; dialysis management; low–middle-income country; noncommunicable disease.

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Figure 1.
Distribution of dialysis units in 2021. White box: percentage of total population; metropolitan area = Port-au-Prince.
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