Table 1.

Comparison between participating countries in availability of PRAKI cases registry, nephrology workforce, availability of routine diagnostic tests, kidney biopsy and kidney replacement therapy modalities

	Cameroon	Democratic Republic of Congo	Egypt	Ghana	India	Nigeria	Pakistan	Somalia	Zambia	Zimbabwe
Registry	n/a	reports	reports	n/a	available	reports	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nephrologyworkforce (pmp)	1.1	0.3	21.6	0.47	1.86	0.75	2.2	0.32	0.52	0.33
Routine diagnostic tools	Available	Not routinely available	Available	available in major cities	Available	Available	Available	Available in tertiary hospitals	Available at tertiary, secondary and first level	Available at tertiary centers
Biopsy	LM only, but rare	LM only	Available	Available	Available in all urban areas, restricted in rural areas	In areas with available nephrologists	Available	Not available	Not available	Available in private centers
KRT	HD available, in 8/10 regions (9 public centers, 4 private centers)	HD, PD available but costly and unevenly distributed	HD only	HD in 9/16 regions (strictly out of pocket). PD available but infrequent	HD is the primary modality available in all urban and few rural areas; PD acceptance is scarce due to financial constraints	HD available in urban only and costly; Acute PD is available in some tertiary centers but rarely used for PR-AKI	HD available majorly in urban areas; PD available but infrequent	HD only	HD available in 7/10 regions; PD available in 2 regions	HD only

Abbreviations: KRT, Kidney replacement therapy; HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis; LM, light microscopy; PR-AKI, pregnancy-related acute kidney injury; pmp, per million population; n/a, not available