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Launch of Global Alliance of Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)

Participants Organizations of GARD

Eva Mantzouranis MDChronic Respiratory Diseases

28 March 2006

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G A R D

An alliance of 41 organizations, institutions and agencies focused on reducing the globalburden of chronic respiratory diseases

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G A R D

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AAA Asthma and Allergy Association

AAAAI American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

AAAF Asian Allergy and Asthma Foundation

ACAAI American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

AIMAR Interdisciplinary Association for Research in Lung Disease

ALAT Latin American Thoracic Society

APAACI Asia Pacific Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology

APSR Asian Pacific Society of Respirology

ARIA Allergic Rhinitis and its impact on Asthma

ATS American Thoracic Society

CNR Italian National Research Council - Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine Research Area Tor Vergata

DLHA Danish Lung Health Association

DU-WCC Dokkyo University WHO Collaborating Centre

GARD PARTICIPANTS (1)

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EAACI European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

ECARF European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation

EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations

ERS European Respiratory Society

FEMTEC World Federation of Hydrotherapy and Climatotherapy

FILHA Finnish Lung Health Association

FIRS Forum of the International Respiratory Societies

GA2LEN Global Allergy and Asthma European Network

GINA Global Initiative for Asthma

GOLD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

GU-WCC Ghent University WHO Collaborating Centre

ICC International Coalition for COPD

Interasma International Association of Asthmology

IPCRG International Primary Care Respiratory Group

GARD PARTICIPANTS (2)

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IPRAIS Internat. Pediatric Respiaratory and Allergies Immunological Societies

IRCCS IRCCS San Raffaele, Italy

IUATLD International Union Against Tubercolosis and Lung Diseases

KAAF Korea Asthma Allergy Foundation

KTL National Public Health Institute, Finland

NHLBI National Hearth Lung and Blood Institute, USA

PSA Polish Society of Allergology

RSP Russian Association of Pulmonologists

SFAIC Société Française d’Allergologie et d’Immunologie Clinique

SPAIC Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology

SPLF Société de Pneumologie de Langue française

TTS Turkish Thoracic Society

WAO World Allergy Organization

WONCA World Organization of Family Doctors

GARD PARTICIPANTS (3)

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GARD Participants

Name of Organizati

on

Yearestablished

Journal and

Website address

MissionCategory

(Int.Org./NGO/etc.)

Interest sections or assemblies

No. of members/part

ners and representation

by WHO Region

GARD PARTICIPANTS' TEMPLATE

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GARD PARTICIPANTS

• Established between 1907( FILHA) and 2004 (GA2LEN, AAAF)

• Number of Members of each organization vary between 355-250,000

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GARD Organizations' Mission

• To prevent and treat respiratory diseases..

• To advance the knowledge for optimal patient care.. and better quality of life

• To promote research, foster education, exchange knowledge,.. increase awareness, …spread excellence

• To interact with organizations that have similar goals

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Allergic Thoracic Primary Care Diseases Specific

GARD Organizations: Specialties

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Specialties of Organizations

39%

39%

12%10%

Thoracic

Allergic

Prim Care

Diseases Specif ic

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GARD Organizations

95%

5%

Medical Organizations Patients Organizations

EFA, ICC

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GARD organizations

93%

7%

Governmental

Nongovernmental

CNR, KTL, NHBLI,

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International

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Regional National

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GARD Organizations

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GARD Organizations

36%

17%

47%International

Regional

National

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GARDDokkyo University School of Medicine

IRCCS

CNR

KAAF

SFAIC

RSP FIRS

AAA

IPCRGIPRAIS

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Allergic

Regional

Thoracic

NonGovernmental

Patients'

Public Health

Governmental

National

G A R D

Disease

oriented

International

Pediatric

Other?

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Allergic

Regional

Thoracic

NonGovernmental

Patients'

Public Health

Governmental

National

G A R D

Disease

oriented

International

Pediatric

Other?

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