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ReviewKidney international reports2026

Expanding Kidney Care: How Nonphysician Health Workers Can Address the Global CKD Crisis.

C Elena Cervantes, Daniel V O'Hara, Ana Catalina Alvarez-Elias, Yogeshni Chandra, Marek Kollar, Tae Won Yi, Rasha Hussein, Mythri Shankar, Priti Meena, Becky Mingyao Ma and 3 more

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Review in Kidney international reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

C Elena CervantesDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Daniel V O'HaraDepartment of Renal Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medicine, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ana Catalina Alvarez-EliasClinical Research General Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care, Global Medical Office, Clinical Research North America, New York, New York, USA.
Yogeshni ChandraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lautoka Hospital, Healthcare Fiji PTE Ltd and MOHMS, Suva, Fiji.
Marek KollarDepartment of Clinical and Transplant Pathology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
Tae Won YiDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rasha HusseinPediatric Nephrology Department, Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
Mythri ShankarDepartment of Nephrology, Institute of Nephro-Urology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Priti MeenaDepartment of Nephrology, All Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Becky Mingyao MaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chimezie Godswill OkwuonuFederal Nephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia Abia State, Nigeria.
Vivekanand JhaThe George Institute for Global Health, India.
ISN - Emerging Leaders Program Cohort 3

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current global nephrology workforce is insufficient to meet the increasing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure. Nonphysician health workers (NPHWs) may be well-placed to fill the gap and deliver guideline-aligned care. We review the range of NPHW categories and care models that could be enlisted in different health care settings; the range of contributions that could be made for CKD prevention, education, screening, management, and monitoring; the existing and required resources to support NPHWs; and technological advancements that can help alleviate the workload. Through analysis of collaborative approaches and existing alternative care delivery models, we aimed to provide insights into how such programs can be successfully implemented to augment the existing health workforce to deliver effective care and improve outcomes of people with and at risk of developing kidney disease worldwide.

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chronicdiseaseskidneysmodelsnarrativenonphysician

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PMID41568272
PMCPMC12818201

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