Global atlas of kidney health release on April 12 at World Congress of Nephrology

(Tania Ewing and Associates) A global study of the burden of kidney disease will be released at the World Congress of Nephrology on Friday, April 12. It will reveal the the impact social, economic and political factors have on access to treatment. More than 2 million people die every year worldwide because of little or no access to dialysis or kidney transplantation.