Screening for chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa

摘要

Tony Kirby (April 10, p 1240) discusses some promising results from pilot screening programmes for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in developing regions. We have done such screening in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Since 2007 we have organised annual screening for CKD (proteinuria and/or serum creatinine) and its risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, and obesity), and"'combined educational messages with management of risk factors. The campaigns, in the capital Kinshasa and the rural town of Muanda to the west of that city, were supported by the Embassy of Greece and by nongovernmental organisations.