Is asthma treatment affordable in developing countries?

Is asthma treatment affordable in developing countries?

BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to assess whether the therapeutic aspects of published international asthma management guidelines are practically applicable in developing countries. METHODS Questionnaires were sent to expatriate doctors working in developing countries. RESULTS Forty one replies were received from 24 countries in Africa and Asia. Oral salbutamol was prescribed "usually" or...

[Treatment of acute asthma in developing countries].

Affordable drugs for developing countries.

In November 2002, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Africa’s major free trade bloc, applied to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the right to manufacture low-cost drugs to treat AIDS. The Secretary General of the Organization Erastus Mwencha, in announcing this move, said that drugs must be cheaper as the world could not continue to see people dying for the sake o...

Wheeze and asthma in developing countries

S tandardised population based health surveys have produced much useful information on the prevalence and determinants of asthma in children (International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Children (ISAAC) study) and adults (European Community Respiratory Health Study (ECRHS) study). Most sites participating in these studies have been in high income countries and, because some centres took part a...

Treatment of childhood pneumonia in developing countries

Definition of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) CAP can be defined clinically as the presence of signs and symptoms of pneumonia in a previously healthy child due to an acute infection (of less than 14 days’ duration) of the lower respiratory tract (usually occurs below terminal bronchioles) leading to cough or difficult breathing, tachypnoea, or lower chest-wall indrawing, which has been acqu...