Unmet Diagnostic and Therapeutic Opportunities for COPD in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Katia Eh FlormanTrishul SiddharthanSuzanne L PollardPatricia AlupoJulie A BarberRam K ChandyoOscar Flores-FloresBruce KirengaRenata Gonçalves MendesJ Jaime MirandaSakshi MohanFederico RicciardiNatalie A RykielArun K SharmaAdaeze C WosuWilliam CheckleyJohn R Hurstnull null

Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2023)

We found significant missed opportunity to reduce the burden of COPD in LMIC settings, with most cases undiagnosed. Whilst there is unmet need in developing novel therapies, in LMICs where the burden is greatest, better diagnosis together with access to affordable interventions could translate to immediate benefit. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
minimally invasive
physical activity
risk factors
neural network