The Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases (GARD) Country Report

Yorgancıoğlu, Arzu; Cruz, Álvaro Augusto; Bousquet, Jean; Khaltaev, Nikolaï; Mendis, Shanthi; Chuchalin, Alexander; Bateman, Eric D.; Camargos, Paulo Augusto Moreira; Chavannes, Niels H.; Bai, Chunxue; Deleanu, Diana; Kolek, Vı́tězslav; Kuna, Piotr; Laurendi, Giovanna; Masjedi, Milad; Mele, Sonia; Mihălţan, Florin; Pinto, José Rosado; Samoliński, Bolesław; Scalera, Giselda; Sooronbaev, Talant; Tageldin, Mohamed Awad; Tuyetlan, Le Thi; Yusuf, Osman; Akdiş, Cezmi A.; Baigenzhin, Аbay; Cagnani, Carlos Baena; Fletcher, Monica; Gemicioğlu, Bilun; Muhammed, Yousser; Sagra, Hironori; To, Teresa; Wagner, A. Fink

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“…Only results from a regional programme in Poland [14,15], and national programmes in Portugal [17] and Turkey [42] have been published in addition to the 17-year results of the Finnish programme [58]. An achievement with all programmes has been a clear reduction in asthma-caused hospitalisation rates.…”

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“…In collaboration with 21 other stakeholders (national scientific, academic, professional and patients' organisations), they have planned coordinated activities against chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma [42]. Over the past 2 years, national programmes have also been initiated in Ireland [11], Italy [12] and the Netherlands [42]. In order to better understand what makes asthma programmes successful, AHOP gives some important information [51].…”

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“…Several activities have been started within the GARD programme, together with activities against other chronic respiratory diseases [41,42]. The management and treatment recommendations have been based on international asthma guidelines [4].…”

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“…It is an advantage if they are initiated or supported by governmental bodies [39,40]. The positive results of published coordinated activities, such as in Finland, together with the increased burden of the disease, have called for integral involvement of policymakers and healthcare officials [41,42].…”

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National and regional asthma programmes in Europe

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This review presents seven national asthma programmes to support the European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership in developing strategies to reduce asthma mortality and morbidity across Europe. From published data it appears that in order to influence asthma care, national/regional asthma programmes are more effective than conventional treatment guidelines. An asthma programme should start with the universal commitments of stakeholders at all levels and the programme has to be endorsed by political and governmental bodies. When the national problems have been identified, the goals of the programme have to be clearly defined with measures to evaluate progress. An action plan has to be developed, including defined re-allocation of patients and existing resources, if necessary, between primary care and specialised healthcare units or hospital centres. Patients should be involved in guided self-management education and structured follow-up in relation to disease severity. The three evaluated programmes show that, thanks to rigorous efforts, it is possible to improve patients' quality of life and reduce hospitalisation, asthma mortality, sick leave and disability pensions. The direct and indirect costs, both for the individual patient and for society, can be significantly reduced. The results can form the basis for development of further programme activities in Europe. @ERSpublications Current asthma programmes confirm patients' quality of life can be improved while significantly reducing costs

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“…To make assessment of CRD mortality in GARD countries after launch of GARD and before appearance of the UN Political Declaration and Adoption of WHO Global NCD Acton Plan (20) we choose countries where activities well responded to the needs of those countries and were conducted by the governments and supported by GARD (21). For the analysis we used WHO NCD country profiles in 2008 and 2012 (22,23) highlighting the status of NCD in each WHO member state.…”

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