Stephen Mulupi and Tom Wingfield on the financial burden of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya

The Lancet Global Health in conversation with

The Lancet Global Health in conversation with
Stephen Mulupi and Tom Wingfield on the financial burden of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya
Jun 25, 2025
The Lancet Group

Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are on the rise in many countries, including low-income and middle-income countries such as Kenya that also have a sizeable burden of tuberculosis.

 What does this mean for patients in terms of the affordability of potentially long-term management? How are government-run social health insurance schemes working for individuals and their families? And what might be the individual-level drivers of catastrophic levels of out-of-pocket health expenditure in this population? 

Listen to first author Dr Stephen Mulupi and corresponding author Dr Tom Wingfield discuss the nuances of their cross-sectional survey in public health-care facilities in Meru County, Kenya and what they mean for government policy going forward.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00061-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_June_25_langlo

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