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Cooperation with developing countries:
the example of Nicaragua
A. Edefonti1, G. Marra1, F. Sereni1 , M. Sandoval2, Y. Silva Galàn2
1 UOC. Nefrologia e Dialisi Pediatrica, Clinica Pediatrica G e D. De Marchi, Milano, Italy2 Departamento de Nefro-Urologia Pediatrica, Hospital Infantil de Nicaragua MJR, Managua, Nicaragua
42° Annual ESPN Meeting, Lyon, September 11-14, 2008
Introduction
• No specific pediatric workshop dedicated so far to the initiatives of cooperation, but increased awareness of the matter
• ISN organizing a COMGAN workshop during WCN, Milan 2009
• Pediatric contributions in the literature about the epidemiology of renal diseases in the developing countries, but not about models of cooperation
• Pediatric Nephrologists always open to educational matters (courses, stages for doctors of developing countries)
• ESPN members regularly receiving trainees from abroad and developing differents types of projects
• No systematic documentation so far of the initiatives of pediatric cooperation worldwide
– IPNA Fellowship Committee starting to require feed-back and track doctors receiving educational grants
(Cont.)
Is cooperation with developing countries only an educational (teaching /training) issue?
A provocative question
The start of the cooperation with the Pediatric Nephrology Unit of Managua
• 1997-1999 Stage in Milano of Dr. Mabel Sandoval Dìaz
• 1999-2000 Complain about lack of tools to properly diagnose and treat renal diseases
in the Nicaraguan Hospitals
• 2000 Visit to Nicaragua of Italian pediatric nephrologists and recognition of
the paucity of human, instrumental and economic resources at Hospital Infantil MJR
• 2001 Start of the project of cooperation, financed initially by the Associazione per il
Bambino Nefropatico, Milano
• Methodology of the project
• Results of the project– Clinical activity– Epidemiology
• Points of discussion
Topics
Nicaraguan demographic indicators
Total Population
5 142 098
Child Population
2 514 144
Child mortality 36/1000
Annual per capita income
$ 730
Life expectancy
Male 67.0 years
Female 71.0 years
www.inec.gob.ni
Censo de Poblaciòn 2005.
Characteristics of the initial project 1. Free of charge basic assistance for children with renal
diseases• Lab test, drugs, imaging (in the private system, whenever
necessary)
2. Establishing shared nephrological protocols for the main kidney and UT diseases (the 10 clinical syndromes)
3. Establishing a Pediatric Nephrology Unit in a public Children University Hospital in Managua
• Scaled training in Milano of the different components of the team, (Pediatric Nephrologists, Urologists, Imaging specialist, Pathologists, Dialysis Nurse)
• Building a new Pediatric Nephrology ward
Characteristics of the initial project
4. Implementation of a database
• to gather data on the epidemiology of renal diseases (with special regard to CKD)
• to record and monitor clinical activity
• to make quality control of the diagnoses
5. Web connection between Milano and Managua for clinical consultation
Expansion of the initial project
1. Start of a RRT program (2 beds for HD, CAPD and 6 living donor Tx per year) for selected children with ESRD
2. Establishing a Pediatric Nephrology Network including 5 District Hospitals covering about 55% of the Nicaraguan population
- to increase diagnostic and therapeutic power in each hospital (supply of lab test, medications, imaging tools, shared protocols)
- to avoid patient and family unnecessary transfer to Managua, whenever possible
Expansion of the initial project
3. Proposal of the model of cooperation to other Central America countries
• Sharing database with Guatemala
• Conference on the Prevention and Management of CKD in five Central America countries (29th of February 2008)
4. Extension of the project to a 6th District Hospital where CKD prevalence is allegedly high (61% of population covered)
5. Project of early diagnosis and treatment of kidney and UT diseases in the peripheral “Unidades de Salud” depending from the 6 District Hospitals
Managua Milano
Chinandega
Granada
Jinotega
León
Masaya
Matagalpa
The Pediatric Nephrology Network in Nicaragua at September 1 st 2008
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Basic assistance
Protocols/guidelines
Team training
Database
Web connection MI – MA
Infrastructure
Dialysis and Renal Transplantation
Network of 5 District Hospitals
Database shared with Guatemala
Central America conference on CKD
Extension to a 6th District Hospitals
Extension to territorial “Unidades de Salud
Chronology of the project of cooperation
Funding of the cooperation project (2001-2008)
Private Foundations Public Grants
Associazione per il Bambino Nefropatico, Milano (2001-2008)
Health Ministry of Regione Lombardia
(2004-2008)
Asociación para Niños Nefropáticos, Managua (2004-2008)
IPNA Educational Grant (2008)
€ 600 000 € 550 000
Funds from Nicaraguan Health Ministry
• Salaries for 4 Pediatric Nephrologists, 2 Urologists, 1 Pathologist, 11 Nurses, 1 part time Dietician and 1 Psychologist in Managua and 6 Pediatricians of District Hospitals
• Costs of hospitalization, essential medications, lab test and imaging
• Costs of Peritoneal Dialysis, (CAPD and APD) in Managua
• Cost of immunosuppressive medications for renal transplant in Managua since 2008
• Methodology of the project
• Results of the project– Clinical activity– Epidemiology
• Points of discussion
Topics
Clinical activity of the Pediatric Nephrology Unit of HINMJR during the year 2007
Number of hospitalizations 818Number of outpatient visits
– Nephrology 3096– Urology 1842
Number of renal biopsies 29Number of urodynamic tests 61
Clinical activity of the Pediatric Nephrology Unit of HINMJR at 31 th of December 2007
Number of children with CRI/ESRD 166Number of children treated with chronic HD 13Number of children treated with PD 9Number of transplanted children 17
• 2004 – 2007 14 • 2008 3
Cumulative number of children with kidney and UT diseases entered in the database
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Pediatric Nephrology Unit of HINMJR (2002 – 2007) 2019 patients
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Cumulative number of children with kidney and UT diseases entered in the database
District Hospitals (2005 – 2007) 858 patients
Managua
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Main diagnoses of kidney and UT diseases in Nicaragua
Pediatric Nephrology Unit of HINMJR (2002 – 2007) 2019 patients
Main diagnoses of kidney and UT diseases in Nicaragua
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5 District Hospitals (2005 – 2007) 858 patients
Epidemiology of CRI in Nicaragua
Incidence in the period 2002 - 2007
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
* Ardissino GL. et al. Epidemiology of chronic renal failure in children data from ITALKID project (2003) Pediatrics 111;4:382-387
Nicaragua Italy *Point Prevalence
(patients/pmpp) 36,4 74,7
Incidence
(patients/pmpp) 9,8 12,1
Primary renal diseases causing CRIat HINJMR (2002 – 2007) 166 patients
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Prevalence of CRI (patients/pmp) in the Nicaraguan Districts
Districts inside the project
Districts outside the project
Follow-up of patients with CRI
CRI166
Deceased67
Lost to follow-up41
On follow-up58
HD7
On RRT13
CRI32
* Without RRT54
Tx14
PD5
* Medical decision 27 % Family decision 48 % (socioeconomic reasons) Deceased before the onset of the RRT program 25 %
• Methodology of the project
• Results of the project– Clinical activity– Epidemiology
• Points of discussion
Topics
Points of Discussion
• The problem of allocation of financial resources to pediatric subspecialties by Health Ministries of developing countries- Low budget expected
- More for primary care than for tertiary care
• Top-down model (development of a central unit prior to peripheral hospitals) preferable for pediatric subspecialties?
• Financial feasibility of the assistance to CKD/ESRD in a developing country and scaled transfer of the costs to the government
Points of Discussion
• Need for fund-raising programs from private and public institutions to finance a cooperation project
• Role of data-bases to assess and monitor the efficacy of a project and to allocate financial resources
• Ethical issues, like allocation of financial resources to dialysis/Tx vs prevention programs of CKD or selection criteria for patients in need for RRT
• Extension of the cooperation model to other countries (methodological aid instead of financial aid)
Is Cooperation with developing countries only an educational (teaching/training) issue?
A provocative question
No. There’s something more to do than just giving the instructions to catch the fish
You should provide also (at least one) fishing rod
What is the fishing rod?
• Experience in the development and management of a Pediatric Nephrology Unit and Pediatric Nephrology Network
• Financial resources, through fund-raising programs, both in the developing and industrialized countries
• Experience in scientific communication
What about scientific communication?
• Need for discussing models of cooperation and confronting different experiences
• Need for spreading a culture of cooperation among pediatric nephrologists
Dedicated workshops?Publications in pediatric journals?
Internet?Registry?
Life is calling. How far will you go?
Thanks