The guide library

Each guide below is a complete, self-contained page, and together they build up to a working understanding of kidney disease in India. Start with the overview if you are new to the topic; the dialysis and transplant guides stand on their own.

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Kidney disease in India: the plain-language overview

The pillar guide. What the kidneys do, what chronic kidney disease is, how it is found, and what the most common causes are — written for a lay reader.

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Dialysis in India: what happens, and what families should know

How haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis work, when each is used, and what the treatment journey in India tends to look like.

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Kidney transplant in India: the legal and care pathway

What THOTA means for living and deceased donation, how families approach the transplant decision, and the honest limits of what a website can tell you.

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Reading companion. The guides pair with the statistics page (the numbers behind the topics) and the directory (where to go next). No guide replaces talking to a clinician.