In Africa, the burden of treating the more common and widespread communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis has meant that treatment of kidney disease has been a low priority. In this Review, the authors describe the epidemiology of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in Africa. They discuss the unique problems faced across this continent and the programmes that have been put in place to attempt to tackle these problems.
- Charles R. Swanepoel
- Nicola Wearne
- Ikechi G. Okpechi
