TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Developing World: An Iceberg Turned Volcano

Spotlight
Cuba’s National Program for Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation
Raúl Herrera Valdés, MD, PhD

MR Features
Cuban Studies Aim for National CKD Prevention
Gail Reed

Bringing Services Closer to Home: MR Visits a New Dialysis Center in Cuba
Conner Gorry

MR Interview
Roundtable with Two Generations of Cuban Nephrologists
Michele Frank, MD

International Cooperation Report
Specialists Look at Renal Disease in the Region
Anna Kovac

Cuban Medical Literature
Effect of Primary Health Care on Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease in Cuba
Miguel Almaguer López, MD

Hypertension in Children: Diagnosis and Treatment for Renovascular Hypertension
over a 15-Year Period
Jorge P. Alfonzo, MD, PhD; et al.

Broad Use of Cuban Recombinant Human Erythropoietin (ior-EPOCIM) in Dialysis Patients
at the Institute of Nephrology
JF Pérez-Oliva, MD; et al.

Use of Recombinant Streptokinase for Hemodialysis Catheter Recovery
JF Pérez-Oliva, MD; et al.

Abstracts

Top Story
Cuba Marks 15 Years Treating Chernobyl Victims
Conner Gorry

Headlines in Cuban Health
Cuba Announces New Cholera Vaccine at “Health for All” Trade Fair

A Decade of Medical Donations Cements Cuba-Canada Cooperation
Conner Gorry

Latin America’s Longest Heart Transplant Survivor, 19 Years Later

Running for a Cure: Terry Fox Inspires Cuba
Conner Gorry