A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO)/Europe, published on Thursday 12 June, reveals that chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) - in particular asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung conditions - are widely under-diagnosed and poorly managed. What is more, their impact on healthcare systems in the WHO European Region remains largely underestimated, according to the authors of the report.
According to the report, CRD affects 81.7 million people in...