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Kidney Disease, Donation, and Transplantation in East Africa

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  • Mpaka Ayamba, Peter

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

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The burden of kidney failure remains largely underreported in East Africa. Health systems face numerous challenges including a lack of kidney registries, shortages of trained skilled healthcare workers, alack of diagnostic support, alack of equipment, and underdeveloped policies to govern the provision of treatment for kidney failure. Kidney transplantation, an effective treatment option against kidney failure, is underused primarily because of its cost and the lack of laws governing it. In this paper, the author discusses the salient issues affecting kidney donation and transplantation in East Africa.

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  • Mpaka Ayamba, Peter, 2020. "Kidney Disease, Donation, and Transplantation in East Africa," Studies in Applied Economics 167, The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise.
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    Keywords

    Risk factors; kidney donation; transplantation; compensation to donors; laws; costs; Uganda; East Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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