WAO has assembled a comprehensive list of a wide variety of allergy-related links for patients and health professionals. For links relating to a specific allergic disease, please visit the links section at the end of specific topics within the Allergic Diseases Resource Center sections.

Africa and The Middle East Asia and The Pacific Rim Europe Latin America North America

International Organization Links

ARIA
www.whiar.org
Allergic Rhinitis and It's Impact on Asthma - ARIA - is a non-governmental organization working in collaboration with the World Health Organization. The purpose and mission of ARIA is to educate and implement evidence-based management on allergic rhinitis and its association with asthma.

GA²LEN
www.ga2len.net/hp/homepage2.cfm
Global Allergy and Asthma European Network. The objective of the European Union funded GA²LEN Network of Excellence is to establish an internationally competitive network of European centers of excellence in allergy and asthma. The program aims to strengthen European research, spread excellence and knowledge, to address allergy and asthma in their totality and eventually to decrease the burden of allergy and asthma in all regions of Europe.

GINA
www.ginasthma.com
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) works with health care professionals and public health officials around the world to reduce asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality.

GOLD
www.goldcopd.com
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. The objectives of GOLD are to address diagnosis, management, prevention and awareness of chronic obstructive lung disease.

International Association of Asthmology (INTERASMA)
www.interasma.org

Pan American Health Organization
www.paho.org

United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
www.unesco.org  

World Health Organization
www.who.int
www.who.int/respiratory/gard/en/

International Union of Immunological Societies (I.U.I.S.)
http://www.allergen.org/Allergen.aspx
The I.U.I.S. Allergen Nomenclature Sub-committee operates under the auspices of the International Union of Immunological Societies (I.U.I.S.) and the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.). The objectives of the I.U.I.S. Allergen Nomenclature Sub-committee are to

• Maintain a unique and unambiguous nomenclature for allergen molecules
• Maintain the 'official list of allergens'.

Africa and The Middle East

Allergy Society of South Africa 
www.allergysa.org

Asia and The Pacific Rim

Allergy Awareness Association of New Zealand
www.everybody.co.nz/centre_asth.html

The Allergy and Immunology Society of Thailand
www.immunologythai.org

Asia Pacific Aeroallergen Working Group (APAWG)
The objectives of Asia Pacific Aeroallergen Working Group (APAWG) are to promote the impact of various indoor and outdoor aeroallergens in the sensitization and development of allergic diseases such as asthma and allergic rhinitis and to encourage and support technically the regional and emerging societies in the Asia Pacific region to undertake research and advance the knowledge of aeroallergens.
Read the latest APAWG newsletter

Asian Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI)
www.apaaaci.org

Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy 
www.allergy.org.au

Food Anaphylactic Children Training Support (Australia)
www.allergyfacts.org.au

The Japan Allergy Foundation

Japanese Society for Immunology
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsi2/

Japanese Society of Allergology 
http://www.jsaweb.jp/

Malaysian Society of Allergy and Immunology 
www.allergymsai.org

Europe

Aha! Swiss Center for Allergy
www.ahaswiss.ch

Albanian Association in Support of Asthma and Allergy Patients

Allergy & Allergies Agency of London
www.allergy-network.co.uk

Anaphylaxis Campaign (UK)
www.anaphylaxis.org.uk

Asociacíon Gallega de Asmáticos y Alérgicos

Asthma and COPD Patient Society, V.b.b.A.

Asthma Society of Ireland

The British Allergy Foundation
www.allergyfoundation.com

British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
www.bsaci.org

Danish Society for Allergology 
www.danskallergi.dk

European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology 
www.eaaci.net

European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation
www.ecarf.org

European Federation of Asthma and Allergy Associations
www.efanet.org

Federasma (Italy)
www.federasma.org

Finnish Allergy and Asthma Federation
www.allergia.com

Fondation contre les Affectìons Respiratoires et pour l' Education à la Santé (F.A.R.E.S.)
www.fares.be

Fondation pour la Prevention des Allergies

French Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology 
www.sfaic.com

German Rhinitis Study Group
www.rhinitis.de

German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology 
www.dgaki.de

Hayfever Expert
www.hayfeverexpert.co.uk

Health on the Net Foundation (Switzerland)
www.hon.ch

Molecular Immunology
www.mi.interhealth.info

Nederlands Anafylaxis Netwerk
www.anafylaxis.net

The Netherlands Society of Allergology
www.nvva-allergologie.nl

Norges Astma- og Allergiforbund
www.naaf.no

Polish Allergen Research Center
www.alergen.info.pl  

Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
http://www.spaic.pt/

Sociedad de Alergologos del Norte de España

Societat Catalana d'Al·lèrgia i Immunologia Clínica
www.scaic.org

Sociedad Española de Alergología e Inmunología Clínica
www.seaic.es

Swedish Association for Allergology 
www.sffa.nu

Turkish National Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 
www.aid.org.tr

UCB Institute of Allergy

Latin America

Argentine Association of Allergy and Immunology 
www.alergia.org.ar

Argentine Society of Allergy and Immunopathology
http://www.saaei.com.ar/

ARIA in Spanish
http://www.ariaenespanol.org/

Brazilian Society of Allergy and Immunopathology 
www.sbai.org.br

FUNDALER
www.fundaler.org.ar

Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
http://www.slaai.org/

Mexican College of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
http://www.cmica.org/

Mexican College of Pediatricians specialists in Clinical immunonology & Allergy (COMPEDIA)
http://www.compedia.org.mx/

Paraguayan Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
http://www.spai.org.ar/

UNASMA
http://www.respirar.org/iniciativas/unasma.htm

North America

Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc. (AAN-MA) (USA)

Allergy/Asthma Information Association (Canada)
www.aaia.ca

Allergy Data Laboratories
www.Allergome.org

• The Allergome web site has been designed to supply information on Allergenic Molecules (Allergens).
• Identified molecules causing an IgE-mediated (allergic, atopic) disease (anaphylaxis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, conjunctivitis, rhinitis, urticaria) have been selected from international scientific journals and from web-based resources.
• It also contains data on allergenic sources whether they have identified molecules or not.

AllergyImmunoLinx.com
www.allergyimmunolinx.com

The Allergy Report (AAAAI) (USA)
www.theallergyreport.com

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
www.aaaai.org

American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
www.acaai.org

American Latex Association
www.latexallergyresources.org

American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org

Anaphylaxis Network of Canada   
www.anaphylaxis.org

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)   
www.aafa.org

Asthmamoms (USA)   
www.asthmamoms.com

Asthma Society of Canada
www.asthma.ca    www.asthma-kids.ca

Asthme au quotidien
www.asthme-quebec.ca/eng/index.html

Canadian Hereditary Angioedema Society
www.haecanada.com

Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 
www.csaci.medical.org

Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCiS)
www.focisnet.org

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAN) (USA)   
www.foodallergy.org

Food Allergy Initiative (USA)   
www.oodallergyinitiative.com/

House Dustmite.org
www.housedustmite.org

Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) (USA)   
www.primaryimmune.org

Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
www.jcaai.org

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (USA)  
www.niaid.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (USA)   
www.nih.gov

The New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/immunology

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