David Martin Atuhe
Fellow Country: Uganda
Region: Africa
How did the ISN's support enable you to advance kidney health in your home country?
I joined an amazing family of nephrology practitioners in Kenya, learned to speak Kiswahili, participated in an overwhelming amount of nephrology procedures, assisted in writing 2 national clinical practice guidelines, undertook a 10-year retrospective study on transplant patients whose abstract shall be presented at the WCN 2022, became a father, and tracked the big 5 game in the Masai Mara. I am the 11th adult nephrologist in Uganda, working at a medical postgraduate teaching hospital with 4 dialysis beds, part of a team that aims to start kidney transplants in Uganda, and the Organising Chair for WKD ’22 activities.Collaborating with colleagues to offer kidney transplant services to Ugandan patients, start a national dialysis registry, create a Nephrology training and research institute interest me. The lack of awareness amongst patients, policymakers is a challenge. I hope to use available ISN avenues for CME and Clinical Research and funding.
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