Preventive care for the patients with chronic kidney disease in the Russian Federation: analytical review of the prevalence and existing programs

This article aims to provide an analytical review of existing organizational and methodological approaches to the prevention and control of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Russian Federation. Various aspects of the current situation of CKD in the Russian Federation are considered and national institutional mechanisms applicable to this state are analyzed. Despite the obvious positive developments in the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in the Russian Federation, the problem of CKD in Russia is not sufficiently covered as a result of this situation there is personnel and methodological deficit, weak interdisciplinary interaction of health care organizations, as well as underreporting of specific nephrological risks of CKD progression.