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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2024; 14(2): 91626
Published online Jun 20, 2024. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v14.i2.91626
Challenges to establishing and maintaining kidney transplantation programs in developing countries: What are the coping strategies?
Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem, Amr Mostafa Abdelgawad, Nasreldin Mohammed, Mohammed Ali Zarzour, Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmed Reda, Hisham Mokhtar Hammouda
Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem, Amr Mostafa Abdelgawad, Nasreldin Mohammed, Mohammed Ali Zarzour, Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmed Reda, Hisham Mokhtar Hammouda, Department of Urology, Assiut Urology and Nephrology Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt
Author contributions: Gadelkareem RA, Abdelgawad AM, and Mohammed N designed the research, collected the data, and wrote the paper; Reda A and Zarzour MA contributed to the literature review, stratification of the data, writing, and revision, and Hammouda HM and Khalil M contributed to the literature review, writing, revision and supervision of the work; All authors approved the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Assiut Urology and Nephrology Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Elgamaa Street, Assiut 71515, Egypt. dr.rabeagad@yahoo.com
Received: January 2, 2024
Revised: January 31, 2024
Accepted: March 12, 2024
Published online: June 20, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Kidney transplantation (KT) programs in developing countries are confronted with major financial, sociocultural, regulatory, and political challenges. These challenges result in the delayed establishment or absence of efficient KT programs in most developing countries. They warrant finding different mechanisms to oppose these effects. Maximizing the available resources is mandatory, as represented by investing in living donors and interested medical personnel. In addition, recruiting external resources may be implemented by performing agreements with international academic institutes with expertise in KT and charitable organizations or personnel for practical and financial support.