Challenges and Opportunities for Reducing Diagnosis Delay of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Low-Resourced Country
The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is increasing in the world, but the rate of its increase is higher in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, the prevalence rate in South Asia (ie, the age-standardized prevalence rate of 204.8 per 100,000) surpasses that of many other LMIC regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.<sup>1</sup>
Authors
- Sarmad Wahaj Siddiqui
- Maria Panagioti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-5745)
- Faiza Naeem
- Helen Louise Brooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2157-0200)
- Sumaira Farman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2345-3442)
- Saira Elaine Anwer Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3223-4787)
- Salman Khurshid Imami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-6623)
- Babur Salim
- Sabine Van der Veer
- Nighat Mir Ahmad
- Habib Ahmed
- Muhammad Ahmed Saeed
- Shehzad Afzal
- Syed Mustafa Ali
- Muhammad Yasir Pervez
Institutions
- International Islamic University, Islamabad (PK)
- World Health Organization - Pakistan (PK)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- Shalamar Hospital (PK)
- Foundation University Medical College (PK)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Midnapore Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Institute for Rheumatic Diseases (Japan) (JP)
- Fauji Fertilizer (Pakistan) (PK)
- Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute (PK)
- Bahria University (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rheumatology
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-1364
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care