Authors
Associate Professor Emmanuel O.D Addo-Yobo
Department of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi,
Ghana
Dr Serge Ade
Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou,
Benin
Professor Gildas Agodokpessi
Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou,
Benin
Professor Viviana Aguirre
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Hospital El Pino, University of Santiago de Chile,
Chile
Professor Nadia Aït-Khaled
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union),
Algeria
Professor Evans Amukoye
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi,
Kenya
Professor M Innes Asher
Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand
Dr Arturo Berber
Allergy and Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City,
Mexico
Dr Nils E Billo
Joensuu,
Finland
Dr Karen Bissell
School of Population Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand
Professor Yuzhi Chen
Center for Asthma Prevention, Children’s Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing,
China
Dr Chiang Chen-Yuan
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union),
Taiwan
Dr Sasawan Chinratanapisit
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Royal Thai Air Force,
Thailand
Professor Álvaro A. Cruz
Department of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador,
Brazil
Associate Professor Jessie A. de Bruyne
Respiratory and Allergy Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Dr Blanca Del Río Navarro
Service of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City,
Mexico.
Dr Solmaz Ehteshami-Afshar
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada
Mrs Philippa Ellwood
Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland,
New Zealand
Professor Asma El Sony
The Epidemiological Laboratory, Khartoum,
Sudan
Professor Adegoke G. Falade
Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan,
Nigeria
Professor J Mark FitzGerald
Institute for Heart and Lung Health, Faculty of Medicine, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada
Professor Luis García-Marcos
Respiratory and Allergy Units, Arrixaca University Children’s Hospital, University of Murcia & Bio-health Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB),
Spain
Professor Tari Haahtela
Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki,
Finland
Professor Cissy Kartasasmita
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pajajaran University, Bandung,
Indonesia
Ms Elizabeth Limb
Population Health Research Institute, St George’s, University of London,
United Kingdom
Professor Chuan-He Liu
Center for Asthma Prevention, Children’s Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing,
China
Professor Javier Mallol
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Hospital El Pino, University of Santiago de Chile,
Chile
Professor Guy Marks
University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
Professor Refiloe Masekela
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Durban,
South Africa
Dr Hellen Meme
Center for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi,
Kenya
Dr Barbara Miheso
Center for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi,
Kenya
Dr Eva Morales
Bio-health Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB) and University of Murcia,
Spain
Professor Kevin Mortimer
Lung Health Director, The Union; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,
United Kingdom
Associate Professor Anna Marie Nathan
Head, Respiratory & Allergy Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Dr Hugo E Neffen
Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Diseases, Santa Fe,
Argentina
Dr Rashid Osman
Lung Health Department, The Epidemiological Laboratory, Khartoum,
Sudan
Professor Neil Pearce
Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
United Kingdom
Professor Virginia Perez-Fernandez
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Bio-health Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB) and University of Murcia,
Spain
Professor Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, and
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota,
Colombia
Mrs Charlotte Rutter
Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
United Kingdom
Dr Mohsen Sadatsafavi
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada
Professor Ricardo Sepúlveda Moncayo
Adult Asthma Group, Chilean Society of Respiratory Diseases, Santiago,
Chile
Dr Richard Silverwood
Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,
United Kingdom
Professor Virendra Singh
Asthma Bhawan, Jaipur,
India
Professor Dirceu Solé
Division of Allergy and Clinical immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Escola Paulista de Medicina Federal University of São Paulo,
Brazil
Professor David Strachan
Population Health Research Institute, St George’s, University of London,
United Kingdom
Dr Alvaro Teijeiro
Respiratory Center, Pediatric Hospital, Cordoba,
Argentina
Dr Rina Triasih
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
Professor Pakit Vichyanond
Department of Pediatrics, Mahidol University, Bangkok,
Thailand
Tonya A. Winders
Global Allergy & Asthma Patient Platform, Vienna,
Austria
Dr Rafiuk Cosmos Yakubu
Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi,
Ghana
Professor Heather J Zar
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, and MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town,
South Africa
Sr Lindsay Zurba
Spirometry Training Services Africa, Durban,
South Africa
