Guyana’s Presidential Commission on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) says it’s time for a change globally in the way kidney diseases and injuries are addressed
The Commission in a release yesterday, World Kidney Day, acknowledged that globally, after March each year, there is a return to business as usual and little attention is paid to chronic kidney diseases (CKD), a major public health challenge.
It explained that CKDs affect just over 10 per cent of the global population, leading to death and disability and represent one of the major global disease burdens. Further, there are also increasing incidences of acute kidney injuries (AKI). Given that diagnosis, treatment, and care, represent a major cost for public health sectors in Guyana and around the world, the release opined that the time has come for every single day to be World Kidney Day, and the time has also come for a revolution in the way the world addresses the problem of CKD and AKI.
