WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Atlas of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2021)
Report
11 Mar 2025
01 Oct 2022
This systematic review, commissioned by WHO, explored the availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for asthma and COPD in LMICs in published literature between 2010-2022. Inhaled medicines were largely unavailable and unaffordable – this was particularly true for inhalers containing corticosteroids.