Management of chronic kidney disease in the Russian Federation: A critical review of prevalence and preventive programmes

ABSTRACT

Background: The Russian Health Care system is faced with a range of problems in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The issue of population control of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is reported to be one of the most acute issues due to the absence of good surveillance, imperfect primary and secondary prevention, and insufficient provision of renal replacement therapy.

Problem: CKD is a serious medical problem associated with severe social-economic costs in the Russian Federation. This calls for the need for development and implementation of systematic approaches and solutions.

Purpose: This article reviews the existing organizational and methodological approaches in CKD prevention and control in the Russian Federation. We purpose to describe and critically assess the CKD situation in the Russian Federation.

Overview: We outline the various aspects of the current situation of CKD in the Russian Federation and analyse the organizational mechanisms used in the existing national situation.

KEYWORDS:

• Russian Federation
• Russia
• chronic kidney disease
• renal replacement therapy
• chronic renal insufficiency
• healthcare management

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

K. S. Milchakov http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-2539