In celebration of World Asthma Day 2024, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has selected the theme of “Asthma Education Empowers”. GINA emphasizes the need to empower people with asthma with the appropriate education to manage their disease, and to recognize when to seek medical help. Health care professionals are called upon to increase their …
GINA would like to congratulate our Science Committee Member, Dr. Sundeep Salvi MD, PhD, Hon FRCP(Lon), on receiving the annual ATS World Lung Health Award. Dr. Salvi is the director of Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation in Pune, India. The World Lung Health Award recognizes contributions to improving world lung health in the area of translational or implementation research, …
25 September 2023 This World Lung Day, September 25, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and its founding member Global Initiative for Asthma, is calling on governments and healthcare providers worldwide to give equitable access to preventative services and treatments for respiratory conditions, and lifesaving pneumonia vaccines for children. The theme for this year’s …
Improving access to affordable inhaled medicines for all 22 January 2024 Auckland, New Zealand To register visit: http://globalasthmanetwork.org/advocacy/symposium.php
It is with sadness that we report the passing of Claude Lenfant on June 26, 2023 in Vancouver Washington at the age of 94 years. As the GINA family we reflect on his long life in which he achieved great distinction as a leader in several fields of medicine and public health, and in his …
PRESS RELEASE JULY 19, 2023 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) urges authorities and clinicians to consider safety for patients as well as safety for the planet. Inhaled medication is essential for people with respiratory diseases. The most commonly used type of inhaler, the pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI), contains propellants that have global warming potential. …
The 2023 What’s New In GINA slide set is now available. The set has been updated and is now easier to use. Click the button below to download. The slide set is a PowerPoint slide set summarizing GINA’s objectives, documents, and management recommendations from the 2023 update of the GINA Report, with background information about …
JULY 8 – JULY 10, 2023 Vancouver, B.C. Canada The World Congress of Asthma will be bringing together specialists, physicians, and healthcare professionals from all over the world to share valuable scientific knowledge on asthma and related conditions. WCA has been a unique opportunity to exchange on current issues on asthma, offering and outstanding scientific …
What’s new in asthma control and how we can address unequal access to asthma management? Find out more at @FIRS_LungsFirst and @ginasthma global asthma update. 15 May 2023 16:00 CET Register here: http://bit.ly/3KvmFjW
On this World Asthma Day, May 2, 2023, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), calls on the international respiratory communities to work together with colleagues, patients and health care providers to promote the development and implementation of effective asthma management programs in all resource countries, “Asthma Care for All”. The majority of the burden of asthma morbidity …