WAO News and Notes - Announcing Events and Programs
Volume 5, Issue 4
WAO Events and Programs - April 2008

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Information for the practicing allergist
Announcing WAO's online CME Food Allergy Program

Question: Your patient is 20 months old; though he has been avoiding cow's milk and hen's egg, his atopic eczema remains troublesome. Skin prick testing shows: Cow's milk - 3mm; Egg white - 10mm; Peanut - 8mm; Soy - 3mm; Positive control - 4mm; Negative control - 0mm. Would you organize a food challenge with cow's milk?

To find out the views of WAO's experts, access our interactive case history and obtain 2 CME credits by successfully completing the final multiple choice questionnaire
WAO Member Societies,

WAO Member Society representatives are invited to the upcoming WAO Member Society Forum during the EAACI Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Please join us for an opportunity to network and transform ideas into action.

WAO Member Society Forum
Tuesday, 10 June
12.00 – 13.30
Barcelona International Convention Center
Room M212


2008 Short-Term Research Fellowship Applications

WAO is now accepting applications for three international Short-Term Research Fellowships until 30 June 2008. For additional details and application, click here.

Report on WAO 2007 Short-Term fellowship of Dr. Matteo Bonini, click here.


WAO Members only

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Module 5 - Treatment of Severe Asthma

To learn more about GLORIA and to bring a GLORIA program to your society, click here.


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We invite you to attend . . .

World Allergy Forum Symposium:
An Update on Severe Asthma

XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Monday, 9 June 2008
15.30 - 17.00

Barcelona International Convention Centre
Room 211/212
Barcelona, Spain

Moderators:
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Roy Gerth van Wijk, The Netherlands

The TENOR Study - the epidemiology of severe asthma
Eugene Bleecker, United States

Severe asthma - determinants and treatment
Klaus Rabe, The Netherlands

Four years' experience of omalizumab - efficacy and safety
William Storms, United States

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Upcoming Worldwide Allergy Meetings

May
Romanian National Conference of Allergy
2-4 May 2008
Baia Mare, Romania

The Allergy and Immunology Society of Thailand
National Congress on Allergy and Immunology 2008
16-17 May 2008
Bangkok, Thailand

XLII Mexican National Congress of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
28-30 May 2008
Gudalajara Jalisco, Mexico

Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA) Congress 2008
30 May - 3 June 2008
Sun City, South Africa

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