• Photo by Ed Kashi. A sugar cane cutter takes a hydration break from work in the fields at Ingenio San Antonio, or the San Antonio Sugar Mill, in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, on February 29, 2020.

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Challenges and Strategies in Managing Kidney Transplantation During Natural Disasters

Aisha Batool Aisha Batool, MD, and Beje Thomas, MD, are with the Division of Nephrology, and Badi Rawashdeh, MBBS, is with the Division of Transplant Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Cristina Popa, MD, is with the Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation Department at Dr. C.I. Parhon Hospital, Iasi, Romania.

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Cristina Popa Aisha Batool, MD, and Beje Thomas, MD, are with the Division of Nephrology, and Badi Rawashdeh, MBBS, is with the Division of Transplant Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Cristina Popa, MD, is with the Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation Department at Dr. C.I. Parhon Hospital, Iasi, Romania.

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Badi Rawashdeh Aisha Batool, MD, and Beje Thomas, MD, are with the Division of Nephrology, and Badi Rawashdeh, MBBS, is with the Division of Transplant Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Cristina Popa, MD, is with the Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation Department at Dr. C.I. Parhon Hospital, Iasi, Romania.

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