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Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contribute to a major proportion of asthma morbidity and mortality globally, even though the prevalence is higher in high income countries. Mortality due to asthma is avoidable and patients should be able to live a near normal life. There are factors that inf...

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Autor principal: Barne, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10627233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37937199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1240259
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description Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contribute to a major proportion of asthma morbidity and mortality globally, even though the prevalence is higher in high income countries. Mortality due to asthma is avoidable and patients should be able to live a near normal life. There are factors that influence overall disease prevalence and poor health outcomes due to asthma in LMICs. This article summarizes the gaps in asthma diagnosis and management in LMICs. The gaps are diverse. Each challenge needs to be addressed through policy decisions, upgrade of infrastructure, knowledge and skills for early diagnosis and correct management among health care providers, both clinicians and paramedics. Healthcare accessibility and affordability are genuine challenges, and the public healthcare system needs to be geared up to address these at primary and tertiary levels. Mass education of the population through national level government initiatives is needed to help bridge the sociocultural gaps.
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spelling pubmed-106272332023-11-07 Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries Barne, Monica Front Allergy Allergy Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contribute to a major proportion of asthma morbidity and mortality globally, even though the prevalence is higher in high income countries. Mortality due to asthma is avoidable and patients should be able to live a near normal life. There are factors that influence overall disease prevalence and poor health outcomes due to asthma in LMICs. This article summarizes the gaps in asthma diagnosis and management in LMICs. The gaps are diverse. Each challenge needs to be addressed through policy decisions, upgrade of infrastructure, knowledge and skills for early diagnosis and correct management among health care providers, both clinicians and paramedics. Healthcare accessibility and affordability are genuine challenges, and the public healthcare system needs to be geared up to address these at primary and tertiary levels. Mass education of the population through national level government initiatives is needed to help bridge the sociocultural gaps. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10627233/ /pubmed/37937199 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1240259 Text en © 2023 Barne. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
title_full Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
title_fullStr Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
title_full_unstemmed Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
title_short Gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
title_sort gaps in asthma diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10627233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37937199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1240259
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