Support for Dialysis Therapy in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar by Japanese Societies in the Field of Blood Purification

Abstract

With recent economic development in Southeast Asia, there have been improvements in medical services and healthcare provision. This has led to increased numbers of dialysis patients and increased numbers of dialysis facilities in the region. To assist economically developing countries in managing this change, support projects from Japan have been conducted in the region since around 2007. This article summarizes and discusses Japan's support activities, in which some of the authors were directly involved, in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Initial support was mainly organized by the non-governmental organization Ubiquitous Blood.