Elisabetta Minelli, Technical Officer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases,

World Health Organization

GARD General Meeting, 28-29 March 2006Beijing, China

Promoting GARD through its Website

GARD Expected Results

ER 1: Information

exchange and awareness on

CRD are improved

ER 2:

Global advocacy on

CRD is strengthened

GARD TARGETS

CRD ProfessionalsPatients

Politicians

GARD Participants

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Finance

Patients' Advocacy

Organizations

Professionals' organizations

WEBSITE as a TOOL

http://www.who.int/respiratory/gard/en/

How to improve it to reach the targets?

Launched 9 August 2005

Within WHO Website

Work on the contents

NEWS

DESCRIPTION

CONTACTS

NAVIGATION

1. Description: what shall be improved?

Add Strategic Framework agreed by all participants

Goal and Objectives

-Keep up to date publications and reports on GARD activities- Post discussion items and recommendations by General Meeting

Reports and publications

Participating organizations

- Keep up to date with new participants whose application has been approved by General Meeting

- Develop on line application process

- Link to the Inventory

Working Groups - Add names of Chairmen and Co-Chairmenand their contact details- Add the approved Work plan

2. News

GARD News has been added to the right side of the webpage

Calendar of events

- WHO and GARD secretariat's events

- Every GARD participating organization's events

Work on the structure Co-brand website such as:

http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/en/

Or

http:// www.who.int/healthmetrics/en/

Next ten minutes are for your comments

How would you like to see GARD website improved?How do you think it will better promote GARD?How can you contribute?What do you think will help exchange information and raise awareness on CRD?What do you think it will strengthen global advocacy on CRD?

Thanks