Sundeep Salvi, MD Awarded ATS World Lung Health Award

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, …

Leave No One Behind: The Forum of International Respiratory Societies calls for equitable access to prevention and treatment on World Lung Day 2023

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 …

Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) urges authorities and clinicians to consider safety for patients as well as safety for the planet

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. …

FIRS/GINA Webinar

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

World Asthma Day – Asthma Care for All

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 …