• Photo by Ed Kashi. A father and son pose in the cane fields of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, on January 6, 2013. Both men experience chronic kidney disease.

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The Kidney Community's Role in Natural Disasters and Climate Change

Matthew F. Blum Matthew F. Blum, MD, MHS, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.

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