Our Network
The Global Asthma Network currently has 364 centres in 135 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.
Kosovo World Asthma Day
7 May 2019
Seventh International Conference "World Asthma Day", Prishtina 2019
The VII International Conference WAD-Prishtina 2019, was held on 07.05.2019 in Pristina, Kosovo.
This conference was organized by KIAAA (Kosovo Immunology Asthma and Allergy Association), in cooperation with the Pristina University "Hasan Prishtina", as well as the Municipality of Prishtina.
World Asthma Day
7 May 2019
Asthma kills as many people as malaria: asthma medicines must reach everyone
World Asthma Day is marked on 7 May, and internationally, medical professionals and researchers are taking the opportunity to draw attention to this too common chronic disease.
Every day about 1,150 people die – largely avoidably - due to asthma (malaria kills about 1,175 people per day). Yet with correct diagnosis and treatment, many deaths from asthma can be prevented.
Calling time on asthma deaths in tropical regions—how much longer must people wait for essential medicines?
'Calling time on asthma deaths in tropical regions—how much longer must people wait for essential medicines?', written by the GAN Steering Group has just been published in theLancet Respiratory Medicine. Read more
Global Asthma Network signatory to Political Declaration on noncommunicable diseases
The Global Asthma Network is a signatory to the Political Declaration on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) organised by the NCD Alliance on 27 September 2018 . Read more
Asthma included in WHO’s Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative
Asthma has been included in WHO’s Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative launched on 8 Dec 2018 in Davos. Read more
Global Asthma Report 2018 presented at UN NCD meeting
The Global Asthma Report 2018 was presented by Professor Innes Asher in New York in the week of the third United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs. The presentation was made at the NCD Alliance Civil Society Advocacy BriefingRead more
Global Asthma Report 2018 Launched
The Global Asthma Report 2018, a cutting edge State-of-the-Art report with contributions from 53 experts around the globe, was officially launched at the 12th GARD Annual Meeting in Helsinki on 31 August 2018 and is available from www.globalasthmareport.org. Read more
UK research for African lung health partnered with GAN
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has recently received two prestigious grants: MRC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for Lung Health in Africa across the Life Course led by Dr Kevin Mortimer and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Lung Health and Tuberculosis in Africa led by Professor Bertie Squire.Read more
Global Burden of Disease
The latest estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study estimate that there were 3.6 million deaths from the two most common chronic respiratory diseases in 2015.Read more
GAN publication
Global Asthma Network survey suggests more national asthma strategies could reduce burden of asthma.Read more
Global Impact of Respiratory Disease
The second edition of the Global Impact of Respiratory Disease was recently published by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, with a foreword from Nikolai Khaltaev.Read more
World Asthma Day 2017
Asthma is one of the major noncommunicable diseases, and is an important cause of chronic suffering, disability and preventable deaths in the world. Read more
GAN Indian Investigators Meeting
On Sunday 26 March 2017 investigators from all 9 of the Indian GAN centres met at Asthma Bhawan, Jaipur.Read more
Prof Innes Asher appointed to WHO Expert Panel on NCDs
We are delighted to announce that Prof Innes Asher has been appointed to the WHO Expert Panel on NCDs, as an expert in chronic respiratory diseases.Read more
World Asthma Day 2019
Asthma kills as many people as malaria: asthma medicines must reach everyone
World Asthma Day is marked on 7 May, and internationally, medical professionals and researchers are taking the opportunity to draw attention to this too common chronic disease.
Every day about 1,150 people die – largely avoidably - due to asthma (malaria kills about 1,175 people per day). Yet with correct diagnosis and treatment, many deaths from asthma can be prevented.
Global Asthma Report 2018
The Global Asthma Report 2018 was officially launched at the 12th GARD Annual Meeting in Helsinki on 31 August 2018 and is available from www.globalasthmareport.org
Download the report
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:
- Global Asthma and Allergy Patient Platform
- 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
- Auckland Asthma Charitable Trust
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- University of Auckland
- 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
Funders of GAN Phase I Centres
Individual centres involved in GAN Phase I data collection were funded by the following organisations:
- Brazil, Uruguaiana
- Funded by Dr Marilyn Urrutia Pereira
- Cameroon, Yaounde
- Funded by Elvis Ndikum (95%) and from family, friends (5%)
- India; Kottayam, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Bikaner, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Pune, Mysuru
- GAN Phase I was undertaken by Asthma Bhawan in India which was supported by Cipla foundation.
- Kosovo, Gjakova
- Municipality of Gjakova and the Directorate for Health and Education
- Mexico, Puerto Vallarta
- Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara
- Nigeria, Ibadan
- Funded by Professor Adegoke Falade
- Poland, Katowice
- Funded by the Medical University of Silesia
- South Africa, Cape Town
- SA Medical Research Council, Allergy Society of South Africa
- Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura
- University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Grant Number URG/2018/35/M
- Syria, Damascus
- Syrian Private University