Prevention:
Prevention should be targeted towards preventing the onset of specific
diseases via risk reduction; altering behaviours or exposures that can
lead to CKD, or by enhancing resistance to the effects of exposure to a
disease agent like smoking cessation or alcohol in moderation and
vaccination. Screening procedures to detect early abnormalities in
kidney function such as risk factor detection-blood pressure, blood
sugar, anthropometric measures, measurement of lipids, serum creatinine
and urinalysis and also helps promote public awareness and education.
Provision of safe pipe borne water, provision of good refuse disposal
system, good funding of the health sector, funding of research
programmes, enlightenment/awareness campaigns. Personal cleanliness and
clean environment are important to avoid contracting
infectious/contagious diseases like typhoid, cholera, sore-throat,
gastroenteritis, COVID-19 in rural and semi-urban communities.