Research on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Central America (tags)
A multidisciplinary and multinational team of researchers led by Boston University has been investigating in Nicaragua the cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) affecting large areas of Central America, following a request filed in 2008 by Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited (NSEL), a subsidiary of Grupo Pellas, and the Chichigalpa Association for Life (ASOCHIVIDA), the most representative group of kidney patients in the western part of the country.
Organisations Launch Call for a Global Ban on Asbestos (tags)
National and International Epidemiology Organisations Launch Call for a Global Ban on Asbestos
What's Causing Kidney Disease in Nicaragua: BUSPH Researchers Investigate (tags)
It's a compelling public health mystery: Thousands of people in Northwestern Nicaragua are dying from chronic kidney failure, and no one knows why.