%0 Journal Article %T Country activities of Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD): focus presentations at the 11th GARD General Meeting, Brussels %A Ahmad Dmeirieh %A Aicha AlJaber %A Alvaro A. Cruz %A Ammar Alzein %A Anah¨ª Ya£¿ez %A Anilsa Cossa %A Anna Bedbrook %A Antonello Punturieri %A Arzu Yorgancioglu %A Banu Ekinci %A Bassam Abou Al-Zahab %A Bilun Gemicio£¿lu %A Claude Lenfant %A Cl¨¢udia Concei£¿£¿o %A Cristina B¨¢rbara %A Elisabete Melo-Gomes %A Elizabete Nunes %A Francisco George %A Ghazal Dib %A Hazar Faroun %A Jamal Aloush %A James P. Kiley %A Jean Bousquet %A Jos¨¦ Rosado-Pinto %A Le Thi Tuyet Lan %A Margarete Arrais %A Maria do C¨¦u Teixeira %A Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira %A Marylin Valentin Rostan %A Mo£¿ses A. Calderon %A Paula Sim£¿o %A Paulo Camargos %A Paulo Ferrinho %A Rachel McGihon %A Rafea Shaaban %A Ramsa Halloum %A Rania Shifa %A Raphael Stelmach %A Ren¨¦ Maximiliano G¨®mez %A Sandra Nora Gonz¨¢lez-D¨ªaz %A Suzanne Hurd %A Teresa To %A V¨¢clav £¿pi£¿¨¢k %A V¨ªt¨§zslav Kolek %A Yassine Fatmeh %A Yousser Mohammad %A Zachary German %A Zubeyda Ozkan %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2018 %R 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.84 %X The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) is a voluntary network of national and international organizations, institutions and agencies led by the World Health Organization (WHO), working towards the vision of a world where all people breathe freely (1). GARD is supporting WHO in successfully implementing the WHO¡¯s Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013¨C2020. The GARD report on GARD activities is published on a regular basis. Collaboration among GARD countries is critical for sharing experiences and providing technical assistance to developing countries based on each country¡¯s needs (2) %U http://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/26227/html