Common childhood kidney diseases in Uganda and their prevention.

Amos Odiit
Mulago Hospital, Paediatrics & Child Health; Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Paediatrics & Child
Health.

The 10th March 2016 was World Kidney day, with the theme:‘Kidney disease and children. Act early to prevent it’1. In Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, the event was hosted by Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS), and was graced by the representative of
the University’s Vice Chancellor. That this was the frst ever World Kidney day theme to focus on Paediatric kidney disease was remarked by one of the presenters. The presentations included: Paediatric and adult nephrology, Paediatric Urology, and one from the Uganda Kidney
Psychosocial Support Organization.The meeting keenly listened to a mother of a paediatric patient with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome who had been under care
for the past 8 years