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Editorial
. 2024 Apr 26;34(1):4.
doi: 10.1038/s41533-024-00366-x.

How to make Asthma Right Care 'easy' in primary care: learnings from the 2023 Asthma Right Care Summit

Siân Williams  1 , Jaime Correia de Sousa  2   3 , Ee Ming Khoo  2   4 , Habib Ghedira  5   6 , Vincent Mak  2   7 , Mar Martínez Vázquez  8   9 , Cláudia Vicente  10   11 , Darush Attar-Zadeh  2   12
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Editorial

How to make Asthma Right Care 'easy' in primary care: learnings from the 2023 Asthma Right Care Summit

Siân Williams et al. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

S.W. is the CEO of IPCRG. IPCRG reports educational grants from GSK, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and membership subscription from Vitalograph, as well as current research grants from RESPIRE and UK Research and Innovation (FRESHAIR4Life). J.C.d.S. reports grant funding to his institution from AstraZeneca and GSK, and advisory board and consulting fees paid to him from Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, AstraZeneca, Bial and Medinfar. He also received payment for lectures from GSK, AstraZeneca and Sanofi Pasteur; support for attending meetings from Mundipharma and Mylan; and has a leadership role at IPCRG. E.M.K. reports grants from the National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE); personal fees from AstraZeneca; and is the President of the IPCRG and the Primary Care Respiratory Group Malaysia. H.G. reports advisory board and lecture honoraria from AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim and travel bursary from Recordati. V.M. reports lecture/advisory board honoraria and travel bursaries from Chiesi and AstraZeneca. M.M.V. reports advisory board honoraria, lecture honoraria and travel bursary from AstraZeneca, Gebro and Menarini. C.V. is the GRESP coordinator in Portugal, the secretary in group 01.03 of ERS and has a leadership role at IPCRG. C.V. reports advisory board honoraria and lecture honoraria from AstraZeneca, GSK, Pfizer, Viatris and Medinfar. D.A.-Z. reports advisory board honoraria/lecture honoraria/travel bursary from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Clement Clarke International, GSK, Janssen-Cilag, Orion, Pfizer and Trudell Medical.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Objectives from the ‘Making Asthma Right Care “easy” in primary care’ summit.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Making Asthma Right Care ‘easy’ in primary care survey results.
N=57 respondents from 33 countries, unless otherwise stated. The responses include representation from low- (1/33), lower-middle- (7/33), upper-middle- (12/33) and high- (13/33) income countries, according to the World Bank classification. GINA Global Initiative for Asthma.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3. Making Asthma Right Care ‘easy’ in primary care survey results.
N=57 respondents from 33 countries, unless otherwise stated. The responses include representation from low- (1/33), lower-middle- (7/33), upper-middle- (12/33) and high- (13/33) income countries, according to the World Bank classification.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4. Asthma Right Care tools.
a Asthma SABA slide rule; b ‘Question and challenge’ cards; c Reliever Reliance Test. IPCRG. Asthma Right Care Key Resources. Available at: https://www.ipcrg.org/asthmarightcare/asthma-right-care-key-resources (Accessed February 2024). IPCRG International Primary Care Respiratory Group, SABA short-acting β2-receptor agonist.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5. 2020 New Zealand AIR therapy-based algorithm.
Reproduced with permission from: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, New Zealand Adolescent and Adult Asthma Guidelines 2020. AIR anti-inflammatory reliever.
Fig. 6
Fig. 6. Nine statements agreed with the IPCRG and WONCA Europe to improve respiratory care.
IPCRG International Primary Care Respiratory Group, WONCA World Organization of Family Doctors.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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