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International

Patient Associations	Website
International Alliance Patient Organisations (IAPO)	www.patientsorganizations.org

Europe

Patient Associations	Website
European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients Association (EFA)	www.efanet.org

Austria

Patient Associations	Website
International Alliance Patient Organisations (IAPO)	www.patientsorganizations.org

Belgium

Patient Associations	Website
Coalition of Astma- en Allergiekoepel vzw	www.astma-en-allergiekoepel.be
Fondation contre les affections respiratoires et pour l'éducation à la sante	www.fares.be
Prévention des Allergies absl	www.oasis-allergies.org

Bulgaria

Patient Associations	Website
Association of Bulgarians with Bronchial Asthma (ABBA)	www.asthma-bg.com

Cyech Republic

Patient Associations	Website
Czech Initiative for Asthma	www.cipa.cz

Denmark

Patient Associations	Website
Astma - Allergi Forbundet	www.astma-allergi.dk
Astma-AllergI Forbundet	www.astma-allergi.dk

Finland

Patient Associations	Website
Allergia-ja Astmaliitto (Allergy and Asthma Federation)	www.allergia.com

France

Patient Associations	Website
Federation Francaise des Associations et Amicales d`Insuffisants Respiratoires	www.ffaair.org/
Association Française pour la Prévention des Allergies (AFPRAL)	www.prevention-allergies.asso.fr
Fédération Française des Associations et Amicales d'Insuffisants Respiratoires (FFAAIR)	www.ffaair.org

Germany

Patient Associations	Website
Patientenliga Atemwegserkrankungen e. V.	www.patientenliga-atemwegserkrankungen.de
German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAP)	www.daab.de

Greece

Patient Associations	Website
ANIKSI	www.allergyped.gr

Italy

Patient Associations	Website
FEDERASMA	www.federasma.org
Associazione Italiana Pazienti BPCO AIP-BPCO	www.pazientibpco.it

Lithuania

Patient Associations	Website
Council of Representatives of Patients’ organizations of Lithuania (LPOAT)	www.pacientutaryba.lt
Association of Allergic Children	jolantakudzyte@omni.lt
Association of Asthma Patient	astma@takas.lt

Netherlands

Patient Associations	Website
Nederlands Astma Fonds (NAF / Netherlands Asthma Foundation)	www.astmafonds.nl
Nederlands Anafylaxis Netwerk (NAN)	www.anafylaxis.nl
Astma Fonds	www.astmafonds.nl

Norway

Patient Associations	Website
Norwegian Asthma and Allergy Association (NAAF)	www.naaf.no
Norges Astma- og Allergiforbund (NAAF - Norwegian Asthma and Allergy Association)	www.naaf.no
Landsforeningen for Hjerte- og Lungesyke (LHL-Norwegian Heart and Lung Association)	www.lhl.no

Portugal

Patient Associations	Website
Associação Portuguesa de Asmaticos	www.apa.org.pt

Serbia and Montenegro

Patient Associations	Website
JUDAH, Yugoslav Society for Asthma and COPD	www.yudah.org.yu

Slovenia

Patient Associations	Website
Asthma and Sport Organization	www.asthmasport.com
Pulmonary and Allegy Patients' Association of Slovenia DPBS	www.astma-info.com

Spain

Patient Associations	Website
Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Enfermedades Respiratorias (FENAER)	fenaer.blogspot.com/
Asociación Española de Alérgicos a Alimentos y Látex (AEPNAA)	www.aepnaa.org/
Asociación Gallega de Asmáticos y Alérgicos ASGA	www.accesible.org/asga
Asociación Asmatológica Catalana	www.asmatics.org/
Asociación Balear de Asma	asmabaleares.org
Asmaler	www.webcindario.com/asmaler/
Asociación de Asmáticos Madrileños (ASMAMADRID)	www.asmamadrid.org
Immunitas Vera	www.immunitasvera.org/
Asociación Española de Angioedema Familir	www.angioedema-aedaf.org/
Asociación de Alérgicos a las Picaduras de Himenópteros	www.scaic.cat/scaic/adaphi.htm
Amigos de la Fundación de la SEAIC	www.seaic.org/pacientes/amigos-de-la-fundacion
Asociación de Pacientes y Familiares con Dermatitis Atópica	www.adeaweb.org/

Sweden

Patient Associations	Website
Astma och Allergi Förbundet (Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association)	www.astmaoallergiforbundet.se

Switzerland

Patient Associations	Website
aha! Schweizerisches Zentrum für Allergie, Haut und Asthma	www.ahaswiss.ch
Lungenliga Schweiz (Swiss Lung Association)	www.lung.ch

United Kingdom

Patient Associations	Website
National Asthma Campaign (NAC)	www.asthma.org.uk
Alpha-1 UK	www.alpha1.org.uk
Asthma UK National Asthma Campaign	www.asthma.org.uk
British Allergy Foundation BAF - Allergy UK	www.allergyuk.org
Action Against Allergy	www.actionagainstallergy.co.uk
Allergy and Allergies Agency	www.allergy-network.co.uk
Allergy UK	www.allergyuk.org
Anaphylaxis Campaign	www.anaphylaxis.org.uk
Food Reactions	www.foodreactions.org
Kidsaware	www.kidsaware.co.uk
Latex Allergy Support Group	www.lasg.org.uk
PIA - Primary Immunodeficiency Association	www.pia.org.uk

Latin America

Argentina

Patient Associations	Website
Unión Panamericana de Fundaciones de Asma y Alergia UNASMA	www.unasma.org
Asociacion Argentina de Medicina Respiratoria	www.aamr.org.ar
Fundaler	www.fundaler.org.ar
Asociación de Alergia, Asma e Inmunologia Buenos Aires (AAIBA)	www.aaiba.com.ar

Uruguay

Patient Associations	Website
Asociación de Asmáticos del Uruguay	asocociaciondeasmaticosdeluruguay@netgate.com.uy

Oceania

Australia

Patient Associations	Website
The Australian Lung Foundation	www.lungnet.com.au
National Asthma Council Australia (NACA)	www.nationalasthma.org.au
Asthma Foundations of Australia	www.asthmaaustralia.org.au
Asthma Foundation of Victoria (AFV)	www.asthma.org.au
Asthma and Allergy Research Institute. Inc.	www.liwa.uwa.edu.au
National Asthma Council (NAC)	www.nationalasthma.org.au
The Australian Lung Foundation	www.lungnet.org.au
Anaphylaxis Australia	www.allergyfacts.org.au
Eczema Association of Australasia	www.eczema.org.au
Australian Support Network for Eosinophilic Oesophagitis and related disorders	www.ausee.org
Immune Deficiencies Foundation of Australia	www.idfaustralia.org

New Zealand

Patient Associations	Website
Immune Deficiencies Foundation of New Zealand	www.idfnz.org.nz
Allergy New Zealand	www.allergy.org.nz

Asia

Country	Patient Associations	Website
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Lung Foundation	www.lungbd.com

North America

Canada

Patient Associations	Website
Canadian Lung Association (CLA)	www.lung.ca
Asthma Society of Canada	www.asthma.ca
Allergy Asthma Information Association (AAIA)	www.aaia.ca
The Canadian Lung Association	www.lung.ca
British Columbia Lung Association	www.bc.lung.ca
Alberta Lung Association	www.ab.lung.ca

USA

Patient Associations	Website
The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Alliance	www.foodallergy.org
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)	www.aafa.org
American Allergy and Asthma Network – Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)	www.aanma.org
American Lung Association (ALA)	www.lungusa.org
American Latex Allergy Association (ALAA)	latexallergyresources.org
Food Allergy Initiative (FAI)	www.faiusa.org
Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF)	www.primaryimmune.org
Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID) Alliance	www.nomidalliance.net
U.S. Hereditary Angioedema Association	www.haea.org