Gina Asthma

Gina stands for Global Initiative for Asthma. This is a project conducted in collaboration with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO). Gina Asthma tries to sensitize the condition. It also helps those who have the condition. This is by providing the medication and advice on how to treat the condition. The condition can be controlled or prevented.

There is no cure for asthma. Prevention measures can only be taken when one understands the condition personally. This is by knowing what triggers an attack in their individual cases and how to relieve the symptoms. The organization helps people with the condition understand what triggers the attacks. These can either be allergic reactions, weather conditions, air pollution, eczema, irritants at work places and family history of asthma.

Gina asthma holds seminars in different places to try put to light the condition. Workshops in different work places with Gina officials are also held. This is to help alleviate occupational asthma. The workshops also teach work mates on how to cope with colleagues who have the condition. This is by knowing how to make them as comfortable as they can possibly be in times of an attack.

As some asthma patients can be allergic to some products, other colleagues should be more sensitive in such cases. Gina asthma as an organization has come up with books, magazines and programmes that help asthma patients and those living with them. Other organizations mostly non governmental are also trying to help Gina asthma in their en devours.