Asthma and COPD links for patients

Patients associations/ self help groups

• Action Against Allergy
• Allergy UK
• www.occupationalasthma.com
• www.asthma.org.uk
• www.asthmamoms.com
• European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients Association (EFA)

Medical information

• GA2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network) www.ga2len.net
• GARD (Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases) www.who.int/respiratory/gard
• GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma) www.ginasthma.org
• GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) www.goldcopd.org
• ICC (International COPD Coalition) www.internationalcopd.org
• US COPD Coalition www.uscopd.com
• WAO (World Allergy Organization) www.worldallergy.org
• WHO (World Health Organization) www.who.org