The state of nephrology in South Asia
The South Asia region of the International Society of Nephrology comprises 8 countries (Table 1) with a combined population of 1.77 billion, about 29% of world population in 2016. The World Bank classifies Afghanistan and Nepal as low-income countries; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, and Sri La...
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| author | Jha, V Ur-Rashid, H Kumar Agarwal, S Fazal Akhtar, S Kumar Kafle, R Sheriff, R Board, I |
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| description | The South Asia region of the International Society of Nephrology comprises 8 countries (Table 1) with a combined population of 1.77 billion, about 29% of world population in 2016. The World Bank classifies Afghanistan and Nepal as low-income countries; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as low-middle-income countries, and the Maldives as an upper middle-income country. Over 65% of the population in the region lives in rural areas. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a3792e3a-e037-432d-911a-370f6110d6aa2022-03-27T02:27:15ZThe state of nephrology in South AsiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a3792e3a-e037-432d-911a-370f6110d6aaSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2018Jha, VUr-Rashid, HKumar Agarwal, SFazal Akhtar, SKumar Kafle, RSheriff, RBoard, IThe South Asia region of the International Society of Nephrology comprises 8 countries (Table 1) with a combined population of 1.77 billion, about 29% of world population in 2016. The World Bank classifies Afghanistan and Nepal as low-income countries; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as low-middle-income countries, and the Maldives as an upper middle-income country. Over 65% of the population in the region lives in rural areas. |
| spellingShingle | Jha, V Ur-Rashid, H Kumar Agarwal, S Fazal Akhtar, S Kumar Kafle, R Sheriff, R Board, I The state of nephrology in South Asia |
| title | The state of nephrology in South Asia |
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