The organisation of the Global Asthma Network consists of:
The Steering Group, a group of 11 scientists from around the world, actively involved with the Global Asthma Network, meet face to face at least yearly to plan and discuss key issues. The Steering Group have regular skype conferences to discuss and resolve issues. Contact details of the Steering Group can be found in section 21 of this manual.
The Steering Group collectively oversee the broad regions of the world which has followed the regions used in ISAAC. These regions were based on the six WHO regions of the world, since these are widely used and logically organised. In some instances a WHO region has been split into subregions.
The WHO and Global Asthma Network regions are:
WHO region |
Global Asthma Network region |
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Europe |
Western Europe |
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Northern and Eastern Europe |
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Americas |
North America |
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Latin America and Caribbean |
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Africa |
Africa |
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South East Asia |
Indian subcontinent |
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Western Pacific |
Asia-Pacific |
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Oceania |
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Eastern Mediterranean |
Eastern Mediterranean |
Where there is more than one centre in a country, and if there is an identified need, a National Coordinator, may be appointed. The National Coordinator will usually, but not always, be a centre Principal Investigator who is chosen from one of the centres within that country. A National Coordinator will ideally, have had prior experience from being involved with ISAAC and be able to help centres in their country with any enquiries regarding implementation of the study and data entry, coding and transfer. The National Coordinator would decide whether or not to hold a National meeting.
The responsibilities of each collaborating centre are to:
Global Asthma Network centres will be issued with country and centre numbers by the GAN Global Centre following submission of an Expression of Interest form or at Registration.
The responsibilities of National Coordinators (if one has been appointed) are to:
The responsibilities of the Steering Group are to:
Each research centre is responsible for obtaining its own funding and for obtaining ethical approval.
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