Optimizing Renal Care in Tanzania

SUB-THEMES
  1. Optimizing  Prevention of Kidney Disease in Tanzania
  • Burden of Risk Factors for CKD in Tanzania; Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and Excessive Body Weight.
  • Role of Birth Weight, Nutrition, Lifestyle Changes in Development and Progression of  Kidney Disease
  • AKI in the Tropics:  Malaria-AKI, Pregnancy Related-AKI and Sepsis Associated AKI

  1. Optimizing  Accurate and Timely Diagnosis of Kidney Disease in Tanzania
  • Clinico-laboratory Capacities and Limitations in Diagnosing Kidney  Diseases in Tanzania
  • Progress and Impact of the Tanzania Kidney Biopsy Registry

  1. Renal Replacement Therapies in Tanzania: Impressive Progress but Not Yet Uhuru
  • The Zanzibar Hemodialysis  Program
  • The  Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Programs in Tanzania (Mbeya, Dodoma, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam)
  • The Tanzania Kidney Transplantation Program
  • Combating  Anemia, Catheter Related Infections, Metabolic Bone Disease and Dialysis Inadequacy in Tanzania
  • Overcoming Acute Scarcity of Specialized Human Personnel for  Kidney Care in Tanzania

  1. Optimizing Comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Care for Kidney Disease in Tanzania
  • Nutrition and Kidney Disease
  • Mental Health and Kidney Disease
  • Thyroid Function and Kidney Disease
  • SCD and Kidney Disease
  • Glycemic Control in Kidney Disease
  • Social Support in  Management of Kidney Disease

  1. Nephrology Sans- Frontieres: Embracing Existing and Prospective Nephrology Collaborations
  • NESOT- TCNW (Einar)
  • NESOT-CMC      (Santosh)
  • NESOT- AFRAN (Gloria)
  • The H3AKD Research Network (Adu/Fatiu)
  • NESOT-ISN (Feehally)
  • NESOT-Mayo/ASN (Fernando)