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APAAACI ALLERGY WEEK 2022
APAAACI Allergy Week is held annually in April/May on a specific theme. The central premise of APAAACI Allergy Week is to draw attention to a particular aspect of allergic disease and to update health care professionals, to raise public awareness as well as to engage with global bodies.
In line with 'WHO's World Health Day 2022' ‘Our planet Our health’ and in line with APAAACI's mission to address climate change and air pollution, the theme of APAAACI Allergy Week 2022 is ‘Climate change a global challenge: impact on allergic diseases’
APAAACI Allergy Week 2022 will be held from 16th to 22nd May 2022.
A Live Webinar will be held virtually on 17th May from 19.00-21.00hrs SGT/HKT/MYT.
Prof. Ruby Pawankar, President, APAAACI welcomes all our member societies, friends and colleagues from around to join us at this webinar and in our crusade for action on climate change.
SPEAKERS
Prof. Ruby Pawankar
President, Asia Pacific
Association of Allergy, Asthma
& Clinical Immunology (APAAACI); Dept. Pediatrics, Nippon Med School
Ms. Dechen Tsering
Regional Director & Representative for Asia and the Pacific,
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Ms. Shazia Rafi
President & Convenor AirQualityAsia,
Former Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Hon. Loren Legarda
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives,
Philippines Government
Dr. Katie Allen
Federal Member for Higgins, Australian Government
Prof. Sir Stephen T Holgate CBE
MRC Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton,
UKRI Clean Air Champion and Special Advisor to the RCP on Air Quality
PANEL DISCUSSION:
MODERATOR
Prof. Bernard Thong
Board Member, APAAACI
Divisional Chairman, Medicine; and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, TTSH, Singapore
CO-MODERATOR
Prof. Rommel Lobo
President, Philippine Society of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (PSAAI); Head Adult & Pediatric Allergy Asthma Immunology Unit Fe del Mundo Medical Center,
Philippines
SPEAKER
Prof. Jae Won Oh
Chief of Pediatrics
Hanyang University, College of Medicine
South Korea
Prof. Jiu-Yao Wang
President-Elect, APAAACI;
Prof. of Pediatrics and Director, Allergy, Immunology, and Microbiome (A.I.M.) Research Centre, China Medical University Children’s Hospital, Taiwan.
Prof. Luo Zhang
Treasurer, APAAACI; Dept. of Otolaryngology Head, Neck Surgery and Allergy,
Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University,
China
Dr. Kent Woo
Consultant, Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology
Gleneagles Hospital
Malaysia
Prof. Ting Fan Leung
Chairman, Department of Paediatrics The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Wasu Kamchaisatian
Pediatric Allergist/ Immunologist
Samitivej Children's Hospital
Thailand
Prof. Munkhbayarlakh Sonomjamts
Dean, School of Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences,
Mongolia
RESOURCES
APAAACI ALLERGY WEEK 2022 LOGO
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WHITE PAPER ON ‘CLIMATE CHANGE, AIR POLLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY AND ITS IMPACT ON RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ASIA PACIFIC.’’
APAAACI is committed to addressing the issue of climate change and air pollution, through increased awareness, research, and concerted efforts with governments and related NGO’s. In this context, we have published a White paper on ‘Climate change, Air pollution and biodiversity and its impact on respiratory diseases in Asia Pacific.’
