The Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases(GARD)is a voluntary alliance of national and international organizations,institutions,and agencies committed to the vision of "a world where all people bre...The Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases(GARD)is a voluntary alliance of national and international organizations,institutions,and agencies committed to the vision of "a world where all people breathe freely"Its goal is to reduce the global burden of chronic respiratory disease(CRD).The GARD initiative was set up to respond to a resolution of the World Health Assembly in May 2000(Resolution WHA53.17)that emphasized the need to increase awareness of the growing epidemic of CRDs worldwide.A program was begun to design a comprehensive approach to the prevention and control of CRDs.11,21 The resolution was approved by the General Assembly of World Health Organization(WHO)in 2004.展开更多
文摘The Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases(GARD)is a voluntary alliance of national and international organizations,institutions,and agencies committed to the vision of "a world where all people breathe freely"Its goal is to reduce the global burden of chronic respiratory disease(CRD).The GARD initiative was set up to respond to a resolution of the World Health Assembly in May 2000(Resolution WHA53.17)that emphasized the need to increase awareness of the growing epidemic of CRDs worldwide.A program was begun to design a comprehensive approach to the prevention and control of CRDs.11,21 The resolution was approved by the General Assembly of World Health Organization(WHO)in 2004.