Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases

WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care

WHO

01 Jan 2020

WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care

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.

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