The Progress of Nephrology in Pacific Island Countries of Oceania

Yogeshni Chandra^{1

2

3}, Anis Ta'eed^{2

3

4}, Ben Matalavea^{3

5}, David Voss^{3

6}, Mignon McCulloch^{7

8}, Brett Cullis^{8

9}, Shilpanjali Jesudason^{3

10}, Angus Ritchie^{3

11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Lautoka Hospital, Lautoka, Fiji.
² Executive Committee, Nephrology Society of Fiji, Lautoka, Fiji.
³ Pacific Working Group, Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji.
⁵ National Kidney Foundation of Samoa, Apia, Samoa.
⁶ Health New Zealand - Counties Manukau, New Zealand.
⁷ Renal and Organ Transplant Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ Saving Young Lives, International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁰ Nephrology Unit, Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹¹ Renal Unit, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
¹² Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 40814643
PMCID: PMC12347921
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.06.032

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The Progress of Nephrology in Pacific Island Countries of Oceania

Yogeshni Chandra et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 21;10(8):2511-2514.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.06.032. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Authors

Yogeshni Chandra^{1

2

3}, Anis Ta'eed^{2

3

4}, Ben Matalavea^{3

5}, David Voss^{3

6}, Mignon McCulloch^{7

8}, Brett Cullis^{8

9}, Shilpanjali Jesudason^{3

10}, Angus Ritchie^{3

11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Lautoka Hospital, Lautoka, Fiji.
² Executive Committee, Nephrology Society of Fiji, Lautoka, Fiji.
³ Pacific Working Group, Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji.
⁵ National Kidney Foundation of Samoa, Apia, Samoa.
⁶ Health New Zealand - Counties Manukau, New Zealand.
⁷ Renal and Organ Transplant Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ Saving Young Lives, International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁰ Nephrology Unit, Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹¹ Renal Unit, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
¹² Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 40814643
PMCID: PMC12347921
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.06.032

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The Blue Pacific continent – the Pacific Island countries of Oceania.

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