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The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) works with health care professionals and public health officials around the world to reduce asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. Through resources such as evidence-based guidelines for asthma management, and events such as the annual celebration of World Asthma Day, GINA is working to improve the lives of people with asthma in every corner of the globe.
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The 2009 updates to the GINA Report and Pocket Guide are now available.

IMPORTANT: A corrected version of these two documents was posted on January 12, 2010. If you downloaded the documents before that date please download the file again to ensure that you have the new, corrected version.

Access the GINA Report.
Access the Pocket Guide.

To download an announcement about the 2009 Report update, including a summary of the changes in the document, please click here (PDF).

The Report on Asthma in Children 5 Years and Younger and its accompanying Pocket Guide will not be updated for 2009, as they were published in May 2009 and are still up-to-date.
Latest publications
GINA Report, Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention
Updated December 2009. Evidence-based guidelines for asthma management and prevention, with citations from the scientific literature.

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Pocket Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention
Updated December 2009. A quick-reference guide for physicians and nurses.

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World Asthma Day News
WAD 2010 slideshow
See a slideshow of World Asthma Day 2010 activities.
World Asthma Day 2010 took place on Tuesday, May 4. Organizers in dozens of countries carried out activities around the theme "You Can Control Your Asthma."

Read about World Asthma Day activities around the world.
On World Asthma Day, GINA launched a global Asthma Control Challenge, calling on governments and health care workers to cut asthma-related hospitalizations 50% in five years through better asthma control.
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