Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among Adults in Neno District, Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study [Response To Letter]
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
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2024 Apr 6:19:887-888.
doi: 10.2147/COPD.S469064.
eCollection 2024.
Authors
Haules Robbins Zaniku
1
2
,
Emilia Connolly
3
4
5
,
Moses Banda Aron
6
7
,
Beatrice Matanje
8
,
Myness Kasanda Ndambo
9
,
George Talama
10
,
Fabien Munyaneza
11
,
Todd Ruderman
8
,
Jamie Rylance
12
13
,
Luckson Dullie
14
,
Rejani Lalitha
15
,
Ndaziona Peter Kwanjo Banda
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16
,
Adamson S Muula
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17
Affiliations
1
Department of Physiotherapy, Ministry of Health, Neno District Health Office, Lilongwe, Malawi.
2
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi.
3
Department of Partnerships and Policy, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa za Umoyo (PIH/APZU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
4
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA.
5
Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45529, USA.
6
Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa za Umoyo (PIH/APZU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
7
Snakebite Envenoming Department, Research Group Snakebite Envenoming, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
8
Clinical Department, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa za Umoyo (PIH/APZU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
9
Department of Health Systems and Policy, Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
10
Programs Directorate, Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi.
11
Research Department, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa za Umoyo (PIH/APZU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
12
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.
13
Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
14
Global Leadership Ecosystem, Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa za Umoyo (PIH/APZU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
15
Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
16
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Oral Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi.
17
Community and Environmental Health Department, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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Contributed equally.
PMID:
38606168
PMCID:
PMC11007112
DOI:
10.2147/COPD.S469064
No abstract available
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Malawi / epidemiology
Prevalence
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / epidemiology