Welcome new guidelines: Now the hard work starts!

Worldwide, asthma remains one of the major noncommunicable disorders contributing to morbidity and mortality. It is a hugely depressing fact that, despite the availability of effective treatments and evidence-based guidelines, outcomes have stalled, prompting the recent Lancet asthma commission.[1] The fact is that if the basics are done well by health-care professionals and patients and their families, asthma is a simple disease to manage. The recent update of the Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma and children,[2] is a welcome step to try to achieve improvements and aligns closely with the recommendations of the commission