WHO
01 Jan 2020
First introduced in 2010, and updated in 2020, PEN offers a prioritized set of cost-effective interventions able to deliver an acceptable quality of care for NCDs, even in resource-limited settings.
Of relevance to chronic respiratory diseases, PEN includes protocols for the acute and long-term management of asthma and COPD, and modules on healthy lifestyle counselling, including tobacco cessation, self care and palliative care.