Can Hong Kong take advantage of recent advances in allergy prevention?

Lee, Tak H.; Ho, Harriet; Leung, Ting Fan

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“…Hong Kong has about 1.3 million children under the age of 18 years old, so there is 1 paediatric allergist per 540,000 head of paediatric population. 34 This is less than the estimate 3 years ago of 1:460,000 1 as several paediatric allergists who worked full time previously can now only work part time due to increasing administrative and other responsibilities. This has implications for future manpower planning just to maintain the status quo let alone grow the discipline.…”

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“…Assuming Hong Kong has a population of around 7 million, it will have one full time equivalent (FTE) allergist per 1.17 million population, 34 which is slightly better than the 1:1.46 million figure estimated in 2014, 1 but this would still be inadequate to deliver a robust service.…”

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“…Both of them were trained abroad and work in the private sector. Therefore, the ratio of registered adult allergists per head of population in Hong Kong remains around 1:2.8 million head of adult population, 34 which is exceedingly low.…”

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The unmet provision of allergy services in Hong Kong impairs capability for allergy prevention – implications for the Asia Pacific region

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Leung

Wong

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Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol

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There is a high and rising prevalence of many allergic diseases in the Asia Pacific, including Hong Kong, which is unmatched by a commensurate provision of clinical allergy services. In the last 3 years, the allergy profile in Hong Kong has increased due to greater public engagement and more frequent educational activities, scientific outputs and publication of local guidelines on allergy prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Two new drug allergy clinics have been established in public hospitals, and for the first time in 20 years, Hong Kong has its first trainee in adult allergy. The current ratio of allergists per head of population has improved slightly from 1:1.46 (in 2014) to 1:1.17 million, but it is still low compared to many countries. The Hong Kong community is well supported by allergy-related professional societies and patient organisations. While the recent developments indicated some progress, Hong Kong remains inadequately equipped to take advantage of the new discoveries that may prevent allergic diseases and improve public health. There are also 5-fold more paediatric allergists than adult allergists per head of population. If this unbalance remains uncorrected, continuing care for allergic children as they grow into adulthood will be an increasing problem. This review provides recommendations to improve allergy service provision and training, including the creation of Centres of Excellence in allergy to drive the growth of this specialty.

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The unmet provision of allergy services in Hong Kong impairs capability for allergy prevention – implications for the Asia Pacific region

Lee

Leung

Wong

et al. 2017

Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol

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“…This strategy seems to have been at least partly successful. The profile of allergy in HK has risen markedly in the past 3 years as evidenced by the increased local media attention on allergy related news items, professional newsletters and the numbers of peer reviewed publications including management guidelines and commentaries [13,17,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Several new allergy clinics have been created in the government hospitals.…”

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The Journey to Create the New Allergy Centre in Hong Kong

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2018

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Allergic diseases are prevalent worldwide and Hong Kong (HK) is no exception [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. This includes allergic asthma, rhinitis, eczema, food allergies and anaphylaxis. The diseases can cause significant morbidity and are sometimes life-threatening. Allergy services can help these patients as reported in the two examples below.The first example is a 10 year old boy with se vere milk allergy who had experienced an anaphylactic reaction af ter ingesting a very small volume of milk which resulted in admission to pediatric intensive care. The milk allergy was confirmed by both positive skin prick AbstractThere is a severely unmet need for allergy clinical services in Hong Kong (HK) especially for the adult population. This review chronicles the steps taken and the challenges faced in establishing a new Allergy Centre in HK from scratch. While the experience described is for only one Centre in one country, the information provided may help others who are starting up a new allergy service as it seems likely that they could undergo a similar journey.

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Can Hong Kong take advantage of recent advances in allergy prevention?

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The unmet provision of allergy services in Hong Kong impairs capability for allergy prevention – implications for the Asia Pacific region

The unmet provision of allergy services in Hong Kong impairs capability for allergy prevention – implications for the Asia Pacific region

The Journey to Create the New Allergy Centre in Hong Kong

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