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Stephen Mulupi and Tom Wingfield on the financial burden of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya
25 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2025 at 10:00 pm.
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Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are on the rise in many countries, including low-income and middle-income countries such as Kenya that also have a sizeable burden of tuberculosis. What does this mean for patients in terms of the affordability of potentially long-term management? How are government-run social health insurance schemes working for individuals and their families? And what might be the individual-level drivers of catastro...