IPCRG

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) is a clinically-led charitable organisation. Our scope is research and education to improve prevention, diagnosis and care of respiratory diseases in global community and primary care settings.

What we do

Education

We extend academic learning into communities, in line with the Lancet Commission on Education. We develop global collaborative networks for mutual strengthening, lead the promotion of a culture of critical inquiry and public reasoning about the best ways to deliver effective respiratory care and the best ways to educate the public and professionals about respiratory health. Flagship programmes include multi-national capacity strengthening through Teach the Teacher and e-learning.

Research

We conduct primary care respiratory research and collaborate with partners on large international projects; facilitate research through networking and our small grants programme; and build capacity through research schools and mentoring . We offer opportunities to share research through our scientific meeting and world conferences that run in alternate years and through our journal, npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. Primary care respiratory research priorities are laid out in our 2021 paper.

Asthma Right Care

IPCRG is applying the evidence of social movements for health to raise awareness of the need for change in asthma care, and offering a vision of right care; Asthma Right Care is now in 17 countries engaging clinical and patient stakeholders in bottom-up programmes.

COPD Right Care

In 2021, the IPCRG initiated COPD Right Care that follows the principles of Asthma Right Care movement; mobilising stakeholders in a movement for change to right diagnosis and care for people with COPD.

@IPCRG on Twitter

Watch this video produced by our #Australian colleagues on the #health impact of #thunderstorms, #bushfires and #floods. We will continue to promote resources created by our network to highlight the effect of climate change on respiratory health. https://t.co/dSsIQTobSN

1 day 13 hours ago

COPD Right Care is a global movement to improve care for people living with #COPD. We want to show what optimal and safe #treatment looks like and the value of personalisation and shared decision-making. Learn more at: https://t.co/gOUCSNJr39 #asthma #Healthcare #Physicians https://t.co/lm2kAoS4qV

2 days 13 hours ago

Teach the Teacher, is an educational program model for workforce training, which builds local capacity for expertise in public relations, service development, and teaching physicians how to deliver public relations. https://t.co/zZSLy052Z1 https://t.co/5V7uEpbgVc

3 days 9 hours ago

As our diaries for 2023 fill up, we want to check you’ve got the IPCRG dates and deadlines in your diaries. We also report on several innovative public and professional education programmes. Read more: https://t.co/iHYRhOloG9 https://t.co/rDsivQgFQI

4 days 9 hours ago

This IQ&A answer provides an overview of the prevalence of long COVID and the most common symptoms in the general population. It also describes special considerations for Asthma and COPD patients. https://t.co/ReGNYG4K80 @atscommun @atscommunity #asthmatic @COPDGECo #copd https://t.co/ilM4qi9rs5

4 days 14 hours ago

A practical guide for clinicians providing Very Brief Advice (#VBA) on how to quit tobacco. This is proven to increase the chances of an individual making a quit attempt. https://t.co/S8j6SnESSG #Healthcare #Nursing #NHS #Medical #Medicine #Primarycare #Clinicians https://t.co/r7E25JWYv0

5 days 14 hours ago

Currently approved vaccines directed against the original SARS-CoV-2 strains offer protection against severe COVID-19 illness, hospitalisation, and death associated with the OMICRON variant. Learn more at: https://t.co/3wfObT8dpq https://t.co/52z1Q1t8ZC

1 week 1 day ago

Successful opportunistic brief advice helps build motivation and confidence to become more physically active. This can be consolidated at further healthcare visits to support lasting behaviour change. https://t.co/LSyVvhKwQW

1 week 2 days ago

The transmissibility of the current predominant variant, OMICRON, is greater than previous variants (WHO 2022), but it remains unclear for how long individuals continue to shed live virus and so pose an infection risk. Learn more at: https://t.co/SslVM3OyMx https://t.co/8otugnUbDF

1 week 3 days ago

The IPCRG has initiated a global social movement to create a desire for change in the management of asthma, because there is current evidence of avoidable harm and waste, that costs lives and well-being. https://t.co/qZGSsImv5j https://t.co/x5dj3vqewU

1 week 4 days ago

Get our user-friendly information sheets with practical guidance for clinicians working in primary care on different aspects of the diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases. https://t.co/eb1FHmufQr #Healthcare #PrimaryCare #Medicine #Physicians #Nurses #Pharmacists https://t.co/ww9iVtVOyC

1 week 5 days ago

Thank you!!! Do share as much as you want. Also dubbed into Spanish and happy to do different edits if that would help. Transcript also available. https://t.co/nfDt7A92Ew

2 weeks 1 day ago

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Our Network

As well as being a global community of interest and practice, the IPCRG is an organisation of organisations – its members, who have voting rights, are national primary care organisations. We also work with Associate members around the world.