2023
Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration
Faraj W, Robson M, Tawil A, Reuter V, Mahfouz R, Cambria R, Saheb N, Ferrer C, Vemuri S, Yaghi M, Kanso M, Abdullah A, Nounou G, Jabbour M, Muenkel K, Kaufman K, Wakim J, Badson S, Wilson R, Houston C, Drobnjak M, Hoballah J, Ziyadeh F, Zaatari G, Brennan M, O'Reilly E, Abu-Alfa A, Abou-Alfa G. Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration. JCO Global Oncology 2023, 9: e2300140. PMID: 37883726, PMCID: PMC10846789, DOI: 10.1200/go.23.00140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMiddle-income countriesPatients age 18 yearsBiospecimen repositoryPatient participation ratesAge 18 yearsPotential participantsDocumentation of reasonsPrimary physicianCancer CenterJoint tissuesTherapeutic interventionsBody sitesPatientsAbnormal tissueConsentFamily membersTissueResearch awarenessAUBParticipation ratesBiospecimensParticipantsCancer genomics
2020
Framework for establishing integrated kidney care programs in low- and middle-income countries
Tonelli M, Nkunu V, Varghese C, Abu-Alfa AK, Alrukhaimi MN, Bernieh B, Fox L, Gill J, Harris D, Hou F, O’Connell P, Rashid H, Niang A, Ossareh S, Tesar V, Zakharova E, Yang C. Framework for establishing integrated kidney care programs in low- and middle-income countries. Kidney International Supplements 2020, 10: e19-e23. PMID: 32149006, PMCID: PMC7031683, DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsChronic kidney diseaseKidney care programKidney replacement therapyKidney failureKidney diseaseKidney careMiddle-income countriesReplacement therapyCare programAcute kidney injuryUrgent public health needPublic health needsKidney injuryKidney transplantationPrimary preventionPreventive careRisk factorsNoncommunicable diseasesTimely managementKidney disordersHealth needsMild formHealth systemDiseaseTherapyConsiderations on equity in management of end-stage kidney disease in low- and middle-income countries
Van Biesen W, Jha V, Abu-Alfa AK, Andreoli SP, Ashuntantang G, Bernieh B, Brown E, Chen Y, Coppo R, Couchoud C, Cullis B, Douthat W, Eke FU, Hemmelgarn B, Hou FF, Levin NW, Luyckx VA, Morton RL, Moosa MR, Murtagh FEM, Richards M, Rondeau E, Schneditz D, Shah KD, Tesar V, Yeates K, Garcia G. Considerations on equity in management of end-stage kidney disease in low- and middle-income countries. Kidney International Supplements 2020, 10: e63-e71. PMID: 32149010, PMCID: PMC7031686, DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsEnd-stage kidney diseaseMiddle-income countriesKidney diseaseHealth systemFull health potentialOverall health care spendingHealth care spendingTherapy programHealth potentialCare spendingDiseaseDelivery modelEquitable provisionEquitable implementationKRTPrevalenceIncidenceIssues of availabilitySuggest areas