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World Allergy Congress 2007
December 2-6, 2007
Bangkok, Thailand
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Media Highlights from WAC 2007! Photos | Speaker Interviews

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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

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.

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WAO Programs

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

This month's highlighted GLORIA Module is:
Module 5 - Treatment of Severe Asthma

The World Allergy Organization offers advice on initiating and developing professional allergy societies throughout the world with the Emerging Societies Program. For more information, click here.

The World Allergy Forum brings cutting edge programs to major allergy meetings throughout the world.
To find out more, click here.

The Seminars & Conferences program invites member societies to apply to host a WAO Sponsored Lecturer.

Announcing World Allergy Day 2007 on 4 December 2007. To find out more information click here.

View past issues of WAO News and Notes here.

WAO Web Site Editors:
Editor-in-Chief: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Regional Assistant Editors: Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina; Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, Greece; Hirohisa Saito, Japan; Cassim Motala, South Africa; Emil J. Bardana, Jr., USA
Editors at Large: Connie H. Katelaris, Australia; Bob Q. Lanier, USA; Cassim Motala, South Africa; Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Translators: Juan Carlos Ivancevich (Spanish), Dirceu Sole, Carlos Nunes (Portuguese), Yehia El Gamal (Arabic), Hirohisa Saito (Japanese), Yin Jia, Gu Jian Qing, Wen Li Ping, Guan Kai (Chinese), Krysztof Kowal (Polish), Georgy Gudima (Russian)

WAO Web Site Mission Statement
The World Allergy Organization (WAO) Web Site supports the WAO mission. WAO is a global resource and advocate in the field of allergy, asthma and clinical immunology, advancing excellence in clinical care, education, research and training through a world-wide alliance of allergy and clinical immunology societies.

The WAO website is an up-to-date compendium of information about allergy, asthma and immunology for all physicians, including specialists, other health care professionals and patients. It also provides a network for global contacts in the field.

The following information is found on the WAO website:

A monthly WAO News and Notes E-Letter, translated into seven languages, providing up-to-date reviews of the scientific literature in the specialty from approximately 15 major journals, as well as meeting announcements, postings of educational resources, and reviews of new books.
Up-to-date reviews of allergy, asthma and immunologic diseases, slide presentations for lectures on these subjects, interactive case studies, an “Ask the Expert” column for physicians who have a clinical question, Conversation interviews with world experts, and web-based seminars in basic immunology and allergic diseases.
Links to major web-based allergy, asthma, and immunology resources.
Information about WAO, WAO Member Societies, and the biennial WAO World Allergy Congresses.

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