Defining and targeting health disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

RA Pleasants, IL Riley, DM Mannino - International journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to grow in
part due to better outcomes in other major diseases and in part because a substantial …

Strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COPD in low-and middle-income countries: the importance of primary care

FM Rossaki, JR Hurst, F van Gemert… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a high proportion of the global
morbidity and mortality caused by COPD. Increased exposure to risk factors throughout life …

The epidemiology of noncommunicable respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa

R Ahmed, R Robinson, K Mortimer - Malawi Medical Journal, 2017 - ajol.info
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major and increasing global health issue. The
World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that NCDs represent 63% of all global deaths of …

Monthly and seasonal prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the District Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

MA Khan - The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2022 - Springer
Background Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are the major airway
diseases and are increasingly important causes of mortality, morbidity, and disability …

Comparative impact assessment of COVID-19 policy interventions in five South Asian countries using reported and estimated unreported death counts during 2020 …

R Kundu, J Datta, D Ray, S Mishra… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There has been raging discussion and debate around the quality of COVID death data in
South Asia. According to WHO, of the 5.5 million reported COVID-19 deaths from 2020 …

Embedded health service development and research: why and how to do it (a ten-stage guide)

J Walley, MA Khan, S Witter, R Haque, J Newell… - Health research policy …, 2018 - Springer
In a world of changing disease burdens, poor quality care and constrained health budgets,
finding effective approaches to developing and implementing evidence-based health …

Educational interventions for health professionals managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care

AJ Cross, J Liang, D Thomas, E Zairina… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and
treatable health condition. COPD is associated with substantial burden on morbidity …

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis with Bagging Ensemble Learning and ANN Classifiers

T Siddiqui, M Latif, MU Farooq, MA Baig… - … , Technology & Applied …, 2024 - etasr.com
Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a persistent respiratory disease
that poses a significant threat to global human health with elevated incidence and mortality …

A retrospective evaluation of patients hospitalized in the internal medicine department at the Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Somalia Mogadishu Training and …

Ö Sarı, AM Bashir - Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 - dergipark.org.tr
Introduction: Data on patient diagnosis and treatment experiences are minimal in internal
medicine clinics in Somalia. This study intends to examine the diagnostic distributions …

[HTML][HTML] The Obstructive Lung Diseases Program: Integrated obstructive lung disease services within primary care in Pakistan

S Saeed, M Siddiqui, R Altaf - Pakistan Journal of Medical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To assess the learning impact of e-curriculums on healthcare professionals
(HCPs). The second objective was to report the screening, detection and clinical features of …