IPCRG, WHO and GARD

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WHO and the Knowledge Action Portal

The WHO has set up a Knowledge Action Portal  where you can discover guidelines, reports and other knowledge resources curated by WHO's Global NCD Platform.

IPCRG has submitted the following to the Knowledge Action Portal

IPCRG Research strategy depicting its five domains, four audiences and three areas for strengthening

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.

Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases (GARD)

Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases (GARD) is a voluntary alliance of national and international organizations, institutions, and agencies committed towards the common goal to reduce the global burden of respiratory diseases. Its vision is a world where all people breathe freely.  The IPCRG represents primary care on the Planning Group.

The 13th general meeting of GARD was held in Beijing from the 26th to 27th of October 2019. The meeting adopted the ‘Beijing Call to Action for Lung Health Promotion’ with 4 key priority areas:

  • Advocating for action on chronic respiratory diseases
  • Fostering multisectoral action to reduce risk factors for CRDS
  • Strengthening primary health care for CRD to achieve universal health coverage
  • Supporting research

Find out more at https://www.who.int/groups/global-alliance-against-chronic-respiratory-diseases-(gard).