Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionately high burden of
the global morbidity and mortality caused by chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), including …

Background Updated data on chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are vital in their
prevention, control, and treatment in the path to achieving the third UN Sustainable …

Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders (CVRDs) are the leading causes of adult
death worldwide, and substantial inequalities in care of patients with CVRDs exist between …

The 2008–2013 World Health Organization (WHO) action plan on noncommunicable
diseases (NCDs) includes chronic respiratory diseases as one of its four priorities. Major …

Chronic respiratory diseases are among the most common non-communicable diseases
worldwide, largely due to the ubiquity of noxious environmental, occupational, and …

Interest in the contribution of changes in lung development during early life to subsequent
respiratory morbidity is increasing. Most evidence of an association between adverse …

Background Previous attempts to characterise the burden of chronic respiratory diseases
have focused only on specific disease conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary …

There is no question that tobacco smoking is one of the main risk factors for COPD (as well
as other diseases), and that preventing smoking initiation in adolescence and favouring …

Demographic and epidemiological transitions are changing the age structure of the
population and the most common diseases. Non-communicable respiratory diseases are an …

A third of the world's population uses solid fuel derived from plant material (biomass) or coal
for cooking, heating, or lighting. These fuels are smoky, often used in an open fire or simple …