Impact of persistent conflict and destabilizing events on dialysis care

doi:10.1038/s41581-023-00759-0

. 2023 Nov;19(11):688-689.

doi: 10.1038/s41581-023-00759-0.

Impact of persistent conflict and destabilizing events on dialysis care

Sami Alasfar¹, Ephrem Berhe², Sabine Karam³, Valerie Luyckx^{4

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Head of Nephrology Unit, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁴ Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. valerie.luyckx@uzh.ch.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. valerie.luyckx@uzh.ch.
⁶ Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. valerie.luyckx@uzh.ch.

PMID: 37587370
DOI: 10.1038/s41581-023-00759-0

Impact of persistent conflict and destabilizing events on dialysis care

Sami Alasfar et al. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;19(11):688-689.

doi: 10.1038/s41581-023-00759-0.

Authors

Sami Alasfar¹, Ephrem Berhe², Sabine Karam³, Valerie Luyckx^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Head of Nephrology Unit, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁴ Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. valerie.luyckx@uzh.ch.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. valerie.luyckx@uzh.ch.
⁶ Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. valerie.luyckx@uzh.ch.

PMID: 37587370
DOI: 10.1038/s41581-023-00759-0

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[1] Slovic, P., Västfjäll, D., Erlandsson, A. & Gregory, R. Iconic photographs and the ebb and flow of empathic response to humanitarian disasters. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 640–644 (2017). - DOI - PubMed - PMC

[2] Slovic, P., Västfjäll, D., Erlandsson, A. & Gregory, R. Iconic photographs and the ebb and flow of empathic response to humanitarian disasters. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 640–644 (2017). - DOI - PubMed - PMC

[3] Tuğlular, S. et al. Lessons learnt during the war in Ukraine: a report from the Renal Disaster Relief Task force of ERA. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad053 (2023). - DOI - PubMed

[4] Tuğlular, S. et al. Lessons learnt during the war in Ukraine: a report from the Renal Disaster Relief Task force of ERA. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad053 (2023). - DOI - PubMed

[5] Mengistu, Y. T. & Ejigu, A. M. Global dialysis perspective: Ethiopia. Kidney360 3, 1431–1434 (2022). - DOI - PubMed - PMC

[6] Mengistu, Y. T. & Ejigu, A. M. Global dialysis perspective: Ethiopia. Kidney360 3, 1431–1434 (2022). - DOI - PubMed - PMC

[7] Paltiel, O., Berhe, E., Aberha, A. H., Tequare, M. H. & Balabanova, D. A public-private partnership for dialysis provision in Ethiopia: a model for high-cost care in low-resource settings. Health Policy Plan. 35, 1262–1267 (2020). - DOI - PubMed

[8] Paltiel, O., Berhe, E., Aberha, A. H., Tequare, M. H. & Balabanova, D. A public-private partnership for dialysis provision in Ethiopia: a model for high-cost care in low-resource settings. Health Policy Plan. 35, 1262–1267 (2020). - DOI - PubMed

[9] Berhe, E., Tesfay, B. & Teka, H. The despair of patients with kidney diseases in third world wars: the case of Ethiopia’s crisis. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad093 (2023). - DOI - PubMed

[10] Berhe, E., Tesfay, B. & Teka, H. The despair of patients with kidney diseases in third world wars: the case of Ethiopia’s crisis. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad093 (2023). - DOI - PubMed

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