The Global Asthma Report 2022

Authors

Dr Izzeldin F Adam
General Directorate of Health Programs and Non-Communicable Diseases, Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr Rana Ahmed
Head Informatics and Statistics Department, The Epidemiologcal Laboratory (Epi-Lab), Khartoum,
Sudan

Associate Professor Dr Luljeta N Ahmetaj
University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Medical Facility, Prishtina,
Kosovo

Dr Ylli Ahmetaj
Polyclinic “Alergji Asthma-Ylli”, Prishtina,
Kosovo

Dr George 'Aho
Vaiola Hospital,
Tonga

Ms Aljoharah A Alabdullah
General Directorate of Health Programs and Chronic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Professor Ghroob Alkhayer
Damascus University, Syrian Private University,
Syrian Arab Republic

Dr Jamal Allouch
Directorate of Health, Ministry of Health, Lattakia,
Syrian Arab Republic

Dr Ahmed J Almadani
General Directorate of Health Programs and Chronic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr Shaker A Alomary
General Directorate of Health Programs and Chronic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr Wael A Althagafi
General Directorate of Health Programs and Chronic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Professor Zorana J Andersen
ERS Chair of Environmental and Health Committee, University Copenhagen,
Denmark

Professor Emeritus Innes Asher
Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand

Professor Shally Awasthi
King George’s Medical University, Lucknow,
India

Dr Kusama Azhari
National Center for Research and Training for Chronic Respiratory Disease and Co-morbidities, Tishreen University, Latakia,
Syrian Arab Republic

Professor Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research, University of Huddersfield,
United Kingdom

Professor Dr Héctor Badellino
Clinica Regional Del Este, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Department, Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales (UCES), San Francisco,
Argentina

Dr Arturo Berber
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gómez, Mexico City,
Mexico

Dr Karen Bissell
School of Population Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand

Professor Chen-Yuan Chiang
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), France; and Taipei Medical University,
Taiwan

Dr Sasawan Chinratanapisit
Department of Pediatrics, Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Royal Thai Air Force, Bangkok,
Thailand

Dr Iain Crossingham
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Central Lancashire,
United Kingdom

Professor Alvaro Cruz
ProAR Foundation and Federal University of Bahia,
Brazil

Dra Blanca Estela Del-Río-Navarro
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gómez, Mexico City,
Mexico

Professor Gazl Dib
National Center for research and training for chronic respiratory disease and co-morbidities, Tishreen University, Lattakia,
Syrian Arab Republic

Dr Konstantinos Douros
Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, “Attikon” University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens,
Greece

Ms Hana El Sadig
Ministry of Health, The Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab), Khartoum,
Sudan

Professor Asma El Sony
Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) for Public Health, Research and Development, Khartoum,
Sudan

Mrs Philippa Ellwood
Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand

Mr Eamon Ellwood
Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand

Dr Omneya E Elsherif
Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
General Directorate of Health Programs and Chronic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Professor Adegoke G Falade
Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan,
Nigeria

Dr Sunia Foliaki
Massey University, Wellington,
New Zealand

Dr Rebecca Fortescue
Population Health Research Institute, St George’s, University of London,
United Kingdom

Professor Luis García-Marcos
Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Units, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Children‘s Hospital, University of Murcia and IMIB Bio-health research Institute, and ARADyAL Allergy Network, Murcia,
Spain

Professor Aloke G Ghoshal
National Allergy Asthma Bronchitis Institute, Kolkata,
India

Dr Sundos Hamza
Med Go Company, Khartoum,
Sudan

Assistant Professor Kjeld Hansen
European Lung Foundation; Kristiania University College, Oslo,
Norway

Ms Sara A Hassanain
Ministry of Health, The Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) Khartoum,
Sudan

Professor Jing-Long Huang
Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, New Taipei Municipal, TuChen Hospital, and Chang Gung University,
Taiwan

Professor Mostafa H Ibrahim
Centre for Research on CRD, Tishreen University, Lattakia,
Syrian Arab Republic

Professor Sushil K Kabra
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
India

Professor Sanath T Kudagammana
University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka

Mrs Kseniiay Kuzmicheva
Tyumen State Medical University,
Russia

Professor Maia Lesosky,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom; University of Cape Town,
South Africa

Professor Padukuduru A Mahesh
JSS Medical College, JSSAHER, Mysuru,
India

Professor Guy Marks
University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia

Ms Antonela Martínez-Torres
Pulmonology and Allergy Units & Nurse Research Group, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Children’s Hospital; and Bio-health Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB),
Spain

Professor Refiloe Masekela
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,
South Africa

Professor Bertrand H Mbatchou Ngahane
Department of Medicine, Douala General Hospital, University of Douala, Douala,
Cameroon

Dr Najlaa Mohamed Abass
Internal Medicine Department, Bahri University College of Medicine, Khartoum,
Sudan

Professor Yousser Mohammad
Director of the National Center for research and training for chronic respiratory disease and co-morbidities, Tishreen University, Lattakia, and Syrian Private University - Damascus,
Syrian Arab Republic

Dr Eva Morales
Bio-health Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB) and University of Murcia,
Spain

Dr Ana Morena-Salvador
Paediatric Allergy unit, “Virgen de la Arrixaca” Children’s University Clinical Hospital, Murcia,
Spain

Dr Dafni Moriki
Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, “Attikon” University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens,
Greece

Professor Kevin Mortimer
Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
United Kingdom

Professor Louei D Nahas
Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus,
Syrian Arab Republic

Mr Achiri E Ndikum
Faculty of Education, The University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde,
Cameroon

Ms Nqobile Ndimande
Pan African Thoracic Society, Durban,
South Africa

Dr Obianuju Ozoh
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos,
Nigeria

Professor Neil Pearce
Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
United Kingdom

Professor Virginia Pérez Fernández
Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia,
Spain

Dr Catherine Plum
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,
United Kingdom

Dr Jagath C Ranasinghe
Teaching Hospital Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka

Professor Helen Reddel
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and The University of Sydney,
Australia

Dr Nayely Reyes Noriega
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de M Federico Gómez, Mexico City,
Mexico

Dr Olga Richkova
Tyumen State Medical University, Tyumen,
Russia

Dr Charlotte Rutter
Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London,
United Kingdom

Dr Sarah Rylance
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre,
Malawi

Professor Mohammed Sabir
Kothari Medical & Research Institute, Bikaner,
India

Dr Sundeep Salvi
Chest Research Foundation, Pune,
India

Dr Olympia Sardeli
Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, “Attikon” University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens,
Greece

Professor Rafea Shaaban
Al Andalos University, Tartous,
Syria

Dr Mirsije Shahini
Polyclinic “Alergji Asthma-Ylli”, Prishtina
Kosovo

Dr Richard Silverwood
Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London,
United Kingdom

Dr Nishtha Singh
Asthma Bhawan, Jaipur,
India

Professor Virendra Singh
Asthma Bhawan, Jaipur,
India

Professor Meenu Singh
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh,
India

Professor Dirceu Solé
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Escola Paulista de Medicina - Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo,
Brazil

Assistant Professor Manuel E Soto-Martínez
Respiratory Department, Hospital Nacional de Niños, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José,
Costa Rica

Professor Manuel E Soto-Quirós
Universidad de Costa Rica, San José,
Costa Rica

Professor David Strachan
Population Health Research Institute, St George’s, University of London,
United Kingdom

Dr Kuan-Wen Su
Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital,
Taiwan

Professor Thevaruparambil U Sukumaran
Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Thiruvalla, Kottayam,
India

Dr Marzieh Tavakol
Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran and Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran,
Iran

Professor Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Uruguaiana, RS,
Brazil

Professor Omar Usmani
National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London,
United Kingdom

Dr Pakit Vichyanond
Mahidol University, Bangkok,
Thailand

Tonya A Winders
Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP), Vienna,
Austria

Professor Gary Wong
Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong

Dr Yuhan Xing
Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong

Dr Mais Yassine
Tishreen University Hospital, Lattakia,
Syrian Arab Republic

Dr Kuo-Wei Yeh
Chang Gung University, Taipei,
Taiwan

Professor, Dr Arzu Yorgancioğlu
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine Department of Pulmonology, Manisa,
Turkey

Dr Osman Yusuf
The Allergy & Asthma Institute, Islamabad,
Pakistan

Professor Heather J Zar
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, and MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town,
South Africa

Sr Lindsay Zurba
Education for Health Africa, Durban,
South Africa

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