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Promoting GARD through its Website. Elisabetta Minelli, Technical Officer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organization GARD General Meeting, 28-29 March 2006 Beijing, China. GARD Expected Results. ER 1: Information exchange and awareness on CRD are improved. ER 2:
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Promoting GARD through its Website Elisabetta Minelli, Technical Officer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organization GARD General Meeting, 28-29 March 2006 Beijing, China
GARD Expected Results • ER 1: Information exchange and awareness on CRD are improved • ER 2: Global advocacy on CRD is strengthened
CRD Professionals Patients GARD Participants GARD TARGETS Politicians Ministry of Health Ministry of Finance Patients' Advocacy Organizations Professionals' organizations
WEBSITE as a TOOL http://www.who.int/respiratory/gard/en/ Within WHO Website Launched 9 August 2005 How to improve it to reach the targets?
Work on the contents DESCRIPTION NAVIGATION NEWS CONTACTS
Description: what shall be improved? Add Strategic Framework agreed by all participants Goal and Objectives - Add names of Chairmen and Co-Chairmen and their contact details - Add the approved Work plan Working Groups Reports and publications • Keep up to date publications and reports on GARD activities • Post discussion items and recommendations by General Meeting Participating organizations - Keep up to date with new participants whose application has been approved by General Meeting - Link to the Inventory - Develop on line application process
2. News GARD News has been added to the right side of the webpage Calendar of events • WHO and GARD secretariat's events • Every GARD participating organization's events
Work on the structure • Co-brand website such as: http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/en/
Or http:// www.who.int/healthmetrics/en/
Next ten minutes are for your comments How would you like to see GARD website improved? How do you think it will better promote GARD? How can you contribute? What do you think will help exchange information and raise awareness on CRD? What do you think it will strengthen global advocacy on CRD?