Saeed Al-Ghamdi, Ali Abu-Alfa, Turki Alotaibi, Ali AlSaaidi, Abdulkareem AlSuwaida, Mustafa Arici, Tevfik Ecder, Ahmed F El Koraie, Mohamed Ghnaimat, Mohamed H Hafez, Mohamed Hassan, Tarik Sqalli
The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other comorbidities, such as hypertension and diabetes, which increase the risk of developing CKD, is on the rise in the Middle East and Africa. The Middle East and Africa CKD (MEA-CKD) steering committee, comprising eminent healthcare specialists from the Middle East and Africa, was formed to identify and propose steps to address the gaps in the management of CKD in these regions. The current article lists the MEA-CKD steering committee meeting outcomes and evaluates the available evidence supporting the role of novel therapeutic options for patients with CKD...
2023: International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease