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A Renal Transplantation Model for Developing Countries
« on: September 06, 2011, 08:08:02 AM »
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03712.x/abstract

A Renal Transplantation Model for Developing Countries
S. A. H. Rizvi1,*, S. A. A. Naqvi1, M. N. Zafar2, Z. Hussain1, A. Hashmi1, M. Hussain1, S. F. Akhtar3, E. Ahmed3, T. Aziz3, G. Sultan1, S. Sultan1, S. H. Mehdi1, M. Lal1, B. Ali1, M. Mubarak2, S. M. Faiq4
Article first published online: 22 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03712.x

American Journal of Transplantation
Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue)

Abstract

The estimated incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Pakistan is 100 per million population. Paucity and high costs of renal replacement therapy allows only 10% to get dialysis and 4–5% transplants. Our center, a government organization, started a dialysis and transplant program in 1980s where all services were provided free of charge to all patients. It was based on the concept of community government partnership funded by both partners. The guiding principles were equity, transparency, accountability and development of all facilities under one roof. This partnership has sustained itself for 30 years with an annual budget of $25 million in 2009. Daily 600 patients are dialyzed and weekly 10–12 receive transplants. One- and 5-year graft survival of 3000 transplants is 92% and 85%, respectively. The institute became a focus of transplantation in Pakistan and played a vital role in the campaign against transplant tourism and in promulgation of transplant law of 2007, and also helped to increase altruistic transplants in the country. This model emphasizes that in developing countries specialized centers in government sector are necessary for transplantation to progress and community support can make it available to the common man.
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