Global Initiative for Asthma

{{Short description|International medical guidelines organisation}}

The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) is a medical guidelines organisation which works with public health officials and health care professionals globally to reduce asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. GINA was launched in 1993 as a collaboration between National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, and the World Health Organization.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.ginasthma.org/about-us.html|work=Global Initiative for Asthma|publisher=GINA|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100827/http://www.ginasthma.org/about-us.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

Work

GINA conducts continuous review of scientific publications on asthma and is a leader in disseminating information about the care of patients with asthma.{{Cite journal | last1 = Bateman | first1 = E. D. | last2 = Hurd | first2 = S. S. | last3 = Barnes | first3 = P. J. | last4 = Bousquet | first4 = J. | last5 = Drazen | first5 = J. M. | last6 = Fitzgerald | first6 = M. | last7 = Gibson | first7 = P. | last8 = Ohta | first8 = K. | last9 = O'Byrne | first9 = P. | last10 = Pedersen | doi = 10.1183/09031936.00138707 | first10 = S. E. | last11 = Pizzichini | first11 = E. | last12 = Sullivan | first12 = S. D. | last13 = Wenzel | first13 = S. E. | last14 = Zar | first14 = H. J. | title = Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary | journal = European Respiratory Journal | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 143–178 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18166595| doi-access = free }} GINA publishes resources such as evidence-based guidelines for asthma management, and runs special events such as World Asthma Day. GINA's guidelines, revised each year, are used by clinicians worldwide.{{cite journal|last=Boulet|first=LP|author2=Fitzgerald JM |author3=Levy ML |author4=Cruz AA |author5=Pedersen S |author6=Haahtela T |author7=Bateman ED. |title=Asthma guidelines implementation: a guide to the translation of GINA guidelines into improved care.|journal=Eur Respir J|date=1 May 2012|pmid=22282546|doi=10.1183/09031936.00184511|volume=39|issue=5|pages=1220–9|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last=Liard|first=R|author2=Leynaert B |author3=Zureik M |author4=Beguin FX |author5=Neukirch F. |title=Using Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines to assess asthma severity in populations.|journal=Eur Respir J|date=16 October 2000|volume=16|pmid=11106201|issue=4|pages=615–20 |doi=10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.16d08.x|doi-access=free}}

References

External links

[http://www.ginasthma.com/ Link to the GINA asthma website]

Category:Asthma organizations

Category:Organizations established in 1993

Category:International medical and health organizations