Sri Lanka, Cuba and El Salvador for trilateral cooperation to curb CKD
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday discussed trilateral cooperation for eradication of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) with medical experts from Cuba and El Salvador.
He pointed out that excessive use of chemical fertilizer caused the prevalence of CKDu in Sri Lanka.
According to the Cuban Ambassador Florentino Batista, although Cuba and El Salvador are agricultural countries with similar climates, the number of cases of kidney patien