Availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study

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Contemporary data on the availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are missing, despite most people with CRDs living in LMICs. Cross-sectional data for seven CRD medicines in pharmacies, healthcare facilities and central medicine stores were collected from 60 LMICs in 2022–2023. Medicines for symptomatic relief were widely available and affordable, while preventative treatments varied widely in cost, were less available and largely unaffordable. There is an urgent need to address these issues if the Sustainable Development Goal 3 is to be achieved for people with asthma by 2030.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Stolbrink, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-9316 Ozoh, O.B. Halpin, D.M.G. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-4406 Nightingale, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5636-8531 Meghji, J. Plum, C. Allwood, B.W. Jayasooriya, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1147-5744 Mortimer, K.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords:	Asthma; Asthma Pharmacology; COPD Pharmacology; Health Economist
Dates:	Published: 14 June 2024 Published (online): 17 May 2024
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Medicine and Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2024 11:35
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2024 11:43
Status:	Published
Publisher:	BMJ
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1136/thorax-2023-221349
Related URLs:	PubMed URL
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:213326

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Availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study

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