[Correspondence] Life-sustaining technologies in resource-limited settings

Vivekanand Jha and colleagues (Feb 23, p 1851)1 highlighted several issues on global dialysis. As stated in their Health Policy paper, more than 2 million people died in 2010 because of insufficient access to dialysis, most of whom were from resource-limited settings.2 However, several issues remain unaddressed, particularly factors related to dialysis in resource-limited settings, where more than 80% of people affected by kidney diseases live.3,4
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research