Albanian Health Policy in Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease

by, Dr. Marsida Duli, Dr. Qamil Dika

Abstract

Nowadays Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has increasingly come and constitutes a public health problem of paramount importance. International institutions such as the “Center for Disease Control and Prevention” identify Chronic Kidney Disease as one of the main priorities in the era of the epidemiological transition. In Great Britain were articulated operational plans for identifying subjects with renal dysfunction or low-grade of renal failure . Refer to the data is estimated that in the adult population, about 1 adult individual in every 10 individuals has a moderate degree of renal failure, which means a renal function (expressed as glomerular filtrate) half or less than half of the normal rate. In Albania the problem is virtually unknown by the population, yet little-known and widely underestimated by doctors and by the policy makers , regional and / or national government public health authorities. What is proposed is intended to create the basis of data, knowledge and determine the functional organizational structure for the prevention of kidney disease (primary prevention), to slow down their development (Secondary prevention), and to prevent dangerous cardiovascular complications caused by renal insufficiency (tertiary prevention). The end result is intended to reduce morbidity and mortality from renal diseases, and improve the quality of health care provided to patients with kidney disease.