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Global Asthma Network survey suggests more national asthma strategies could reduce burden of asthma.

Asher, I; Haahtela, T; Selroos, O; Ellwood, P; Ellwood, E; Global Asthma Network Study Group (2017) Global Asthma Network survey suggests more national asthma strategies could reduce burden of asthma. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr), 45. pp. 105-114. ISSN 1578-1267 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aller.2016.10.013
SGUL Authors: Strachan, David Peter

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Several countries or regions within countries have an effective national asthma strategy resulting in a reduction of the large burden of asthma to individuals and society. There has been no systematic appraisal of the extent of national asthma strategies in the world. METHODS: The Global Asthma Network (GAN) undertook an email survey of 276 Principal Investigators of GAN centres in 120 countries, in 2013-2014. One of the questions was: "Has a national asthma strategy been developed in your country for the next five years? For children? For adults?". RESULTS: Investigators in 112 (93.3%) countries answered this question. Of these, 26 (23.2%) reported having a national asthma strategy for children and 24 (21.4%) for adults; 22 (19.6%) countries had a strategy for both children and adults; 28 (25%) had a strategy for at least one age group. In countries with a high prevalence of current wheeze, strategies were significantly more common than in low prevalence countries (11/13 (85%) and 7/31 (22.6%) respectively, p<0.001). INTERPRETATION: In 25% countries a national asthma strategy was reported. A large reduction in the global burden of asthma could be potentially achieved if more countries had an effective asthma strategy.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords: Asthma, Burden, Global, Management, National, Network, Strategies, Allergy, 1107 Immunology
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)
ISSN: 1578-1267
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2017Published
1 February 2017Published Online
31 October 2016Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
PubMed ID: 28161283
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/108391
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aller.2016.10.013

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