Asthma care in resource-poor settings.docVIP

INVITEDREVIEW AsthmaCareinResource-PoorSettings MarioSa′nchez-Borges, MD,ArnaldoCapriles-Hulett,MD,andFernanCaballero-Fonseca,MD These investigations concluded that there is a poor Abstract:Asthmaprevalenceinlow-tomiddle-incomecountriesis standardofcareinallregions,withresource-poorcountries atleastthesameorhigherthaninrichcountries,butwithincreased faringnoworsethanrichcountriesinfailingtoachievethe severity.Lackofcontrolinthesesettingsisduetovariousfactors GINAgoals,andbothpatientsandcareprovidersunderesti- such as low accessibility to effective medications, multiple and matedasthmaseverit