1. Elisabetta Minelli, Technical Officer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organization GARD General Meeting, 28-29 March 2006 Beijing, China Promoting GARD through its Website

2. GARD Expected Results ER 1: Information exchange and awareness on CRD are improved ER 2: Global advocacy on CRD is strengthened

3. GARD TARGETS CRD Professionals Patients Politicians GARD Participants Ministry of Health Ministry of Finance Patients' Advocacy Organizations Professionals' organizations

4. 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

5. Work on the contents NEWS DESCRIPTION CONTACTS NAVIGATION

6. 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-Chairmen and their contact details - Add the approved Work plan

7. 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

8. Work on the structure Co-brand website such as: http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/en/

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

10. 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?

11. Thanks