Chronic Kidney Disease in the Arab World: A Call for Action | Zendy

Youssef M.K. Farag | Zendy; Jameela A. Kari | Zendy; Ajay Singh | Zendy

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Chronic Kidney Disease in the Arab World: A Call for Action

Author(s) -

Youssef M.K. Farag,

Jameela A. Kari,

Ajay Singh

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

nephron clinical practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1660-2110

DOI - 10.1159/000345149

Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , call to action , diabetes mellitus , disease , obesity , non communicable disease , action (physics) , intensive care medicine , environmental health , endocrinology , physics , marketing , quantum mechanics , business

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging non-communicable disease worldwide. The Arab countries have a high prevalence of CKD risk factors, e.g. diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Unfortunately, the magnitude of CKD in the Arab world has not been studied well. This review presents the current data on CKD in the Arab world and proposes a call for action to address this rising epidemic.

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