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GARD

GARD. Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases WHO J Bousquet, R Dahl, N Khaltaev, HJ Bekedam. www.who.int/chp. GARD Launch Press Conference. N Zhong (China): Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are a major burden in China S Hurd (USA): The burden of CRD

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GARD

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  1. GARD Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases WHO J Bousquet, R Dahl, N Khaltaev, HJ Bekedam

  2. www.who.int/chp

  3. GARD Launch Press Conference N Zhong (China): Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are a major burden in China S Hurd (USA): The burden of CRD N Khaltaev (WHO): From the fragmented CRD programs to GARD J Bousquet (France): The GARD action plan M Boland (Ireland): Health promotion and CRD prevention J Walsh (USA): The patient’s expectations

  4. N Zhong - China Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are a major burden in China

  5. The Impact of Chronic Diseases in China • In China, chronic diseases are projected to account for 79% of all deaths • Projected deaths in China 2005: 9.427.000 • Deaths due to chronic diseases: 7.471.000 • In the next 10 years, over 80 million people will die in China from a chronic disease

  6. 33% - Cardiovascular disease 20% - Cancer 17% - Chronic respiratory disease 11% - Injuries 10% - Communicable, mental and perinatal, nutritional deficiencies 8% - Other chronic diseases 1% - Diabetes Chronic Respiratory Diseases threaten China

  7. Deaths in China caused by CRD In 2005, some 1.600.000 died by Chronic Respiratory Diseases

  8. Prevalence of Clinical Asthma ³10.1% 7.6%-10.0% 5.1%-7.5% 2.5%-5.0% 0%-2.5% No standardized data available Adapted from Masoli M et al. Global Burden of Asthma™. Developed for the Global Initiative for Asthma.

  9. >10.0 5.1-10.0 0-5.0 No standardized data available Deaths from Asthma(deaths/100,000 asthmatics) Adapted from Global Burden of Asthma™.Developed for the Global Initiative for Asthma. www.ginasthma.com

  10. and… More than 300.000.000 men smoke in China Hundreds of millions are exposed to biomass fuels in homes

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