The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases: journey so far and way ahead

[Global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases].

Hundreds of millions of people of all ages suffer from chronic respiratory diseases which include asthma and respiratory allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, occupational lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension. More than 500 million patients live in developing countries or in deprived populations. Chronic respiratory diseases are increasing in prevalence. Although the cost of ina...

[Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)].

The journey so far

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The Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases (GARD) Country Report.

Yorgancioglu, Arzu; Cruz, Alvaro A; Bousquet, Jean; Khaltaev, Nikolai; Mendis, Shanti; Chuchalin, Alexander; Bateman, Eric D; Camargos, Paulo; Chavannes, Niels H; Bai, Chunxue; Deleanu, Diana; Kolek, Vitezslav; Kuna, Piotr; Laurendi, Giovanna; Masjedi, Mohammed Reza; Mele, Sonia; Mihaltan, Florin; Pinto, José Rosado; Samolinski, Boleslaw; Scalera, Giselda; Sooronbaev, Talant; Tageldin, Mohamed ...

Global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases in Italy (GARD-Italy): strategy and activities.

The steady increase in incidence of chronic respiratory disease (CRD) now constitutes a serious public health problem. CRDs are often underdiagnosed and many patients are not diagnosed until the CRD is too severe to prevent normal daily activities. The prevention of CRDs and reducing their social and individual impacts means modifying environmental and social factors and improving diagnosis and...