Pulmonary rehabilitation across Africa: A continental evaluation of healthcare providers’ awareness, availability and utilisation, and barriers to access

<b>What the study adds.</b> There is a paucity of recent studies in Africa that have addressed healthcare providers (HCPs)' knowledge of, attitudes to and beliefs about pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) or PR-related care activities. This study addresses that lack.<b>Implications of the findings.</b> The increasing recognition and acknowledgment of PR as a highly effective intervention for chronic obstructive respiratory disease and other chronic lung diseases across Africa is truly notable. It reflects the potential benefits that HCPs associate with implementing a comprehensive PR programme in African settings. Equipping all HCPs with the necessary skills to set up effective, locally accepted PR programmes will alleviate the burden of COPD in Africa.

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African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine
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2025-09-04
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https://doi.org/10.7196/ajtccm.2025.v31i3.2516
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
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<b>What the study adds.</b> There is a paucity of recent studies in Africa that have addressed healthcare providers (HCPs)' knowledge of, attitudes to and beliefs about pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) or PR-related care activities. This study addresses that lack.<b>Implications of the findings.</b> The increasing recognition and acknowledgment of PR as a highly effective intervention for chronic obstructive respiratory disease and other chronic lung diseases across Africa is truly notable. It reflects the potential benefits that HCPs associate with implementing a comprehensive PR programme in African settings. Equipping all HCPs with the necessary skills to set up effective, locally accepted PR programmes will alleviate the burden of COPD in Africa.

African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care MedicineVol. 31(3)
University of Southern California (US), University of Liverpool (GB), University of Cape Town (ZA), Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MW), Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW), Groote Schuur Hospital (ZA), Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW), Makerere University (UG), Nelson Mandela University (ZA)
University of Cape Town
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