National Integrated Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Respiratory Diseases

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The National Integrated Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Respiratory Diseases aim to strengthen the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of priority lung conditions across all levels of the health system. The guidelines draw from international best practices—such as the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), and World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations—while being carefully adapted to Kenya’s health system context. This document underscores the importance of prevention through tobacco control, pollution reduction, vaccination, and occupational health interventions; promotes early detection through tools such as spirometry and digital chest X-ray with artificial intelligence (AI); and provides evidence-based, stepwise management protocols for asthma, COPD, PTLD, and other Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRD). It further emphasizes the need for continuum of care, from community to tertiary referral hospitals, integration with existing TB, HIV, and non-communicable disease programs, and alignment with Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda.

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