The UK’s Global Health Respiratory Network: Improving respiratory health of the world’s poorest through research collaborations

Aziz Sheikh, Harry Campbell, Dominique Balharry, Peymané Adab, Mauricio L. Barreto, Linda Bauld, Philip Cooper, Alvaro Cruz, Fiona M. Davidson, Peter Dodd, Alexandra Enocson, Neil Fitch, Chris Griffiths, Jonathan Grigg, Robert S. Heyderman, Rachel Jordan, S. Vittal Katikireddi, Steven Kuo, Brenda Kwambana, Alastair H. LeylandKevin Mortimer, Gioia Mosler, Angela Obasi, Mark Orme, Anne Readshaw, Martina Savio, Kamran Siddiqi, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla, Sally Singh, Bertie Squire, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Siân Williams

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Abstract

Respiratory disorders are responsible for considerable morbidity, health care utilisation, societal costs and approximately one in five deaths worldwide [1-4]. Yet, despite this substantial health and societal burden – which particularly affects the world’s poorest populations and as such is a major contributor to global health inequalities – respiratory disorders have historically not received the

policy priority they warrant. For example, despite causing an estimated 1000 deaths per day, less than half of the world’s countries collect data on asthma prevalence (http://www.globalasthmareport.org/). This

is true for both communicable and non-communicable respiratory disorders, many of which are either amenable to treatment or preventable.

Original languageEnglish
Article number020104
Pages (from-to)020104
JournalJournal of Global Health
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Dec 2019

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