Kidney Failure in Haiti: Access to Care Becoming Increasingly Limited

Celebrated every second Thursday of March, World Kidney Day will take place this year on Thursday, March 12. In Haiti, where access to healthcare remains limited, the situation of patients suffering from kidney diseases—particularly kidney failure—raises serious concerns among specialists. Nephrologists Audie Métayer and Ruth Laferrière shared with Le Nouvelliste their observations on the reality faced by these patients in the country.

An internist and nephrologist, Dr. Audie Métayer is co-founder o