Chronic respiratory diseases - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年11月15日 · The two most common chronic respiratory diseases are asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These both affect the airways in the lungs. Asthma is characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing due to airway narrowing, which vary in severity and frequency from person to person.
Asthma - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年5月6日 · PEN includes protocols for the assessment, diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory diseases (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and modules on healthy lifestyle counselling, including tobacco cessation and self-care. Reducing tobacco smoke exposure is important for both primary prevention of asthma and disease management.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) contributes to WHO’s work to prevent and control chronic respiratory diseases. GARD is a voluntary alliance of national and international organizations and agencies from many countries committed to the vision of a world where all people breathe freely.
Respiratory infectious diseases on the rise across WHO European …
2023年12月15日 · Seasonal cold weather has set in across the WHO European Region, leading to circulation of respiratory pathogens and more people becoming sick. Many of these pathogens affect young children, especially those under 5 years, alongside other at-risk groups, such as people with comorbidities and people aged over 65 years. However, continuing successful …
Chronic respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD) - World Health …
2024年9月25日 · Some of the most common are asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), occupational lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension. In addition to tobacco smoke, other risk factors include air pollution, occupational chemicals and dusts, and frequent lower respiratory infections during childhood. Chronic respiratory diseases are not curable.
Chronic respiratory diseases - World Health Organization (WHO)
2011年11月28日 · The most important risk factors for developing or exacerbating preventable chronic respiratory diseases are: tobacco smoke; indoor air pollution (caused by mould, dampness, tobacco smoke or the burning of biomass fuels) outdoor pollution; allergens; low birth weight, poor nutrition, acute respiratory infections of early childhood
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年6月11日 · At the household level, evidence is emerging that CVDs and other noncommunicable diseases contribute to poverty due to catastrophic health spending and high out-of-pocket expenditure. At the macro-economic level, CVDs place a heavy burden on the economies of low- and middle-income countries. How can the burden of cardiovascular …
Air quality, energy and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Desert dust episodes contribute directly to air pollution by increasing particulate matter concentrations and in some regions is an important – sometimes main – source. Desert dust episodes – or sand and dust storms – constitute a growing public health, mainly for respiratory diseases, and environmental concern for many areas of the world.
Effects of tobacco on health - World Health Organization (WHO)
2016年6月17日 · Later in life, tobacco leads to higher rates of cancer (especially lung cancer), as well as higher rates of death associated with diseases of the respiratory system. Although tobacco is usually associated with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cancers and heart and respiratory diseases, tobacco is also a major factor in deaths from ...
Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary …
2023年11月15日 · A new brief reveals that smoking remains one of the leading causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a common lung disease that causes breathing problem and claiming the lives of over 3 million people every year. There is an estimated 392 million people living with COPD and three quarters of them live in low- and middle-income countries.