The impact of deportation and disparities on pediatric kidney health: a humanitarian call to action

Editorial

. 2025 Mar 26.

doi: 10.1007/s00467-025-06749-7. Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Akron Children'S Hospital, 214 West Bowery Street, Akron, OH, 44308, USA. rraina@akronchildrens.org.
² College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA. rraina@akronchildrens.org.
³ College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA.
⁴ Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
⁵ Department of Child Health, SMS-KNUST/KATH, Kumasi, Ghana.
⁶ Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

Editorial

Rupesh Raina et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 26.

doi: 10.1007/s00467-025-06749-7. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Nephrology, Akron Children'S Hospital, 214 West Bowery Street, Akron, OH, 44308, USA. rraina@akronchildrens.org.
² College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA. rraina@akronchildrens.org.
³ College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA.
⁴ Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
⁵ Department of Child Health, SMS-KNUST/KATH, Kumasi, Ghana.
⁶ Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

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