Glaser J, Weiss I

Language: Spanish
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Page: 81-82
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La Isla Foundation (LIF) is a nongovernmental organization based in Nicaragua that works at the intersection of health and human rights. LIF was created to address the fatal epidemic of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional causes (CKDu) in the context of its impact on sugarcane workers in Central America. In the town of Chichigalpa, the epicenter of the Nicaraguan epidemic, mortality from CKDu has more than doubled in the last five years. Municipal records show that about 46% of all male deaths between the years 2002-2012 were due to CKDu. So many have perished from the disease in the Chichigalpa community of La Isla, that locals have come to refer to it as La Isla de Viudas or "The Island of Widows."

REFERENCES

1. Chavkin S. CDC launches industry-fi nanced studies of deadly kidney disease in Central America. Center for Public Integrity [Internet]. 2014 Feb 12 [cited 2014 Mar 13]; [about 3 screens]. Available from http:/www.publicintegrity .org/2014/02/12/14236/cdc-launches-industry-financed-studies-deadly-kid ney-disease-central-america