Revamping of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) endure an asymmetrically high burden of worldwide disease and death caused by chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), i.e., asthma, emphysema, bronchiectasis, and post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD). CRDs are firmly related with indigence, infectious diseases,...

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Published in:Frontiers in public health 2022-02, Vol.9, p.757089-757089
Main Authors: Zeng, Ling-Hui, Hussain, Musaddique, Syed, Shahzada Khurram, Saadullah, Malik, Jamil, Qurratulain, Alqahtani, Ali M, Alqahtani, Taha, Akram, Nadia, Khan, Imran Ahmad, Parveen, Sajida, Fayyaz, Tehreem, Fatima, Mobeen, Shaukat, Saira, Shabbir, Najia, Fatima, Mehwish, Kanwal, Aisha, Barkat, Muhammad Qasim, Wu, Ximei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Communicable Diseases
Developing Countries
Humans
Income
Lung
Noncommunicable Diseases - epidemiology
Public Health
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Summary:Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) endure an asymmetrically high burden of worldwide disease and death caused by chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), i.e., asthma, emphysema, bronchiectasis, and post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD). CRDs are firmly related with indigence, infectious diseases, and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and add to complex multi-disease with great impact on the lives and livelihood of those affected. The pertinence of CRDs to health and demographic wellbeing is relied upon to increment in the long time ahead, as expectations of life rise and the contending dangers of right on time youth mortality and irresistible infections level. The WHO has distinguished the counteraction and control of NCDs as an earnest improvement issue and crucial for the sustainable development goals (SDSs) by 2030. In this review, we center on CRDs in LMICs. We examine the early life roots of CRDs, challenges in their avoidance, identification and administration in LMICs, and the pathways to resolve for accomplish valid widespread wellbeing inclusion.
ISSN:2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2021.757089