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Displaced people and kidney health.

Key takeaways

This review gathers what is known about kidney disease in people driven from their homes by war and disaster. Kidney problems are a growing cause of illness in these groups, yet aid programs rarely make them a priority. The evidence comes from observational reports, so it shows that displacement and kidney disease travel together, not that one proves the other. The paper also lays out the barriers, such as interrupted dialysis and lost medical records.

Who did this work

Sharma SK · Bhattarai U · Gautam A

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Sep 2
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42683733/