World Health Organization, Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD)
Slide Deck: Second GCMN Participants Gathering
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 May 2026
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.