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CKD in disadvantaged populations

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Of all of the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  1. Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico

    Guillermo Garcia-Garcia

  2. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Vivekanand Jha

  3. George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India

    Vivekanand Jha

  4. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Vivekanand Jha

  5. World Kidney Day, International Society of Nephrology, Rues de Fabriques 1B, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Guillermo Garcia-Garcia

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Correspondence to Guillermo Garcia-Garcia.

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On behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee.

Members of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee are: Philip Kam Tao Li, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, William G. Couser, Timur Erk, Elena Zakharova, Luca Segantini, Paul Shay, Miguel C. Riella, Charlotte Osafo, Sophie Dupuis, Charles Kernahan.

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Garcia-Garcia, G., Jha, V. CKD in disadvantaged populations. Int Urol Nephrol 47, 873–874 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-015-0942-z

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