Hyderabad:

The World Allergy Organisation’s International Scientific Conference will begin in the city on Thursday, with about 1,500 delegates from 80 countries participating.

Union minister for health and family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad will declare the conference, on the theme Severe Allergies, Severe Asthma, and New Strategies for Treatment and Prevention, open at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre. This is the second WAO conference.

“In the conference, we will present data on marked global increase of allergic diseases that are becoming more complex, burdening children and adults. An international faculty of 90 key opinion leaders in the field of allergy will present the papers,” said WAO president Dr Ruby Pawankar.

She said allergy, though relating to asthma, is often trivialised and clinical services are often limited.

CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and ministers of health will also participate in the conference which will be on till Saturday.

World Allergy Patient and Public Forum-2012 will be held at the Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills. Represen-tatives from Global Energy and Asthma Patient platform, Chinese Patient Organisation, Japanese Patient Organisation and Polish Federation of Asthma & Allergy will take part. A painting competition on the theme What do allergies look like, will also be held at Apollo on December 9.

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