Our Network
The Global Asthma Network currently has 343 centres in 132 countries and aims to have centres in all countries in the world. The Global Asthma Network is currently taking expressions of interest from new centres. We are particularly interested in centres from these countries. Click here to see the map.
Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos at ATS 2016
Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos is currently at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting in San Francisco, California. He is manning a GAN booth in the Global Community section of the Exhibitor Hall (Booth GC7). The ATS runs from May 13 to 18th. Read more
World Asthma Day 2016 - GAN Press Release
Tuesday 3 May is World Asthma Day – the Theme is “You can control your asthma”. Almost 1000 people die from asthma each day – far more than most people realise. The tragedy is that most of these deaths are potentially preventable. Read more
GAN at the American Thoracic Society meeting 2016
Following the success of the GAN booth at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) in San Diego last year, we are again this year having a GAN booth in the exhibitor’s hall at the ATS 2016 International Conference scheduled for 13-18 May 2016 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA. Read more
GAN centre accepted into International Immunological Association
The GAN collaborating centre in Kosovo, Kosovo Association for Immunology-Asthma and Allergy, is now member of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS). Read more
GAN reaches 300 Centres in 125 Countries
The Global Asthma Network now has 300 Centres in 125 countries and is still growing. Find out more about joining the Global Asthma Network Join us
Global Asthma Report 2014
The Global Asthma Report 2014 was officially launched at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona on 30 October 2014 and is available from www.globalasthmareport.org
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Closing the world data gaps for asthma is a key activity of the Global Asthma Network
The Global Asthma Report 2014 was officially launched at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona on 30 October 2014 and is available from www.globalasthmareport.org
Governments should commit to research, intervention, and monitoring to reduce the burden of asthma in the world
Asthma is a public health priority as it is a chronic respiratory disease affecting 334 million people worldwide
Countries should monitor asthma hospital admissions in children and adults to identify trends in asthma over time
Hospital admissions need to be monitored to identify trends in asthma over time and prevent epidemics
Avoidable asthma deaths are still occurring due to inappropriate management of asthma
including over-reliance on reliever medication rather than preventer medication
Health professionals in all countries should regard frequent or severe recurrent wheezing in infancy as part of the spectrum of asthma
Controlled asthma imposes far less of an economic burden than non-controlled asthma
The yearly costs of poorly managed asthma are 56 billion in the US alone
All countries should have effective policy action on known, remediable causes of asthma such as parental smoking (for children) and occupational exposures
All countries should have national strategies and action plans to improve asthma management and reduce costs
Asthma management guidelines are an essential part of successfully managing asthma and promoting the delivery of quality asthma care
All countries should have a list of essential medicines for asthma including both inhaled corticosteroids and a bronchodilator
All asthma inhalers procured, distributed, and sold in countries should meet international quality standards
Guaranteed access to quality-assured essential asthma medicines is vital to improving asthma outcomes
Low-income countries need appropriately trained health professionals and health services organised to manage asthma
Asthma is a serious burden in low- and middle-income countries
Governments in low- and middle-income countries should make asthma a health priority
Asthma is an important NCD in all regions of the world, affecting people in non-affluent as well as affluent countries
Governments should include asthma in all actions from WHO Global Action Plan for NCDs
Funding and development partners
The Global Asthma Network received major funding from The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) from 2012-2015. It is also generously supported by funding from the following organisations:
- Australia
- Asthma Australia
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
- France
- Aix Marseille University
- Georgia
- Center of Allergy & Immunology, Tbilisi
- Latvia
- Riga Stradins University
- New Zealand
- The Asthma Foundation of New Zealand
- University of Auckland
- Auckland Asthma Charitable Trust
- Spain
- University of Murcia
- Valencia University
- Sultanate of Oman
- The Oman Respiratory Society
- United Kingdom
- The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- St Georges University of London
- UK Medical Research Council