Summary
In the absence of malignancy or other severe comorbidity, kidney transplantation offers
better survival rates and quality of life than dialysis. Despite this survival advantage,
many lower- and upper-middle–income countries do not offer adequate kidney transplant
services. This is particularly troubling because end-stage kidney disease often is
more common in these countries than in high-income countries and overall is less costly
in the life of a patient. We describe the contrasting levels of provision of kidney
transplantation in Mexico, India, Nigeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe, and kidney transplant
services for children in Africa.
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