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A global update on asthma: global burden, access and affordability, and the GINA 2023 strategy

Available On Demand

Join the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) for a global update on asthma. We will discuss what’s new in asthma control, the GINA 2023 strategy and how we can address unequal access to asthma management.

Introduction from moderators Professor Heather Zar and Professor Arzu Yorgancioglu

Presentations

Global burden of asthma and changes in the past decade. Professor Refiloe Masekela, GAN and GINA

GINA 2023 strategy for asthma control in adolescents and adults – what’s new? Professor Helen Reddel, GINA

GINA 2023 strategy for asthma control in children and pre-schoolers – what’s new? Professor Paulo Pitrez, GINA

Access to and affordability of asthma management globally – where are we in 2023? Dr Sarah Rylance, WHO

Presenters:

Professor Heather Zar, Moderator

Immediate Past President of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies
Director of the School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Arzu Yorgancioglu, Moderator

Professor of Respiratory Medicine, ATSF, FERS, Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty Department of Pulmonology, Manisa Turkey
GINA Chair, Board of Directors
ERS Advocacy Council

Professor Refiloe Masekela

Associate Professor and Head of Department of Paediatrics and Child Health University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

Professor Helen Reddel

Chair, Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Science Committee, and member of GINA Board of Directors
Research Leader, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University
Director, Australian Centre for Airways Disease Monitoring
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

Professor Paulo Pitrez

Pediatric Pulmonology Division, Hospital Santa Casa de Porto Alegre
Member, Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Science Committee
Board of Directors, Brazilian Severe Asthma Group (BraSA Group)
Professor, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre

Dr Sarah Rylance

Medical Officer for Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the NCD (noncommunicable disease) Management Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland