The Third Allergy Symposium organized by the University Clinical Center Tuzla,Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases in cooperation with the Association of Respiratory Medicine BiH, the Tuzla Canton Medical Chamber, and under the auspices of the Tuzla Canton Government, was successfully held today.
The main themes of the Symposium were related to the epidemiology of allergic diseases, their diagnosis and treatment, skin allergy symptoms, allergic rhinitis, and asthma phenotyping and treatment.
The head of the Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases Ass. Prof. Suvad Dedić during his speech said the World Asthma Day takes place each year in May, and that asthma will be the most mentioned topic on this Symposium as well. According to him, data of the European Academy of Allergy Clinical Immunology suggests that by the year 2025, four billion people will suffer from some kind of allergic disease. Ass. Prof. Dedić also said that there is the increasing incidence of allergic diseases, asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, food allergies etc. in our part of the world, and these facts show the importance of knowledge acquired through education on this Symposium.
Speaking at the opening ceremony the director of the University Clinical Center Tuzla Ass. Prof. Nešad Hotić said that the mission of our hospital is continuing education that promotes and improves healthcare service quality. During the past year, the University Clinical Center Tuzla hosted 20 different scientific meetings attended by 11000 participants, he said.
The opening ceremony of the Third Allergy Symposium also attended adviser to the Minister of Health Dr. Amir Azapagić, who declared the Symposium open.