Resources for stakeholders and local communities

• The Bangladesh Primary Care Respiratory Society have been engaging the community, opinion leaders, service providers & policymakers about the benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in chronic lung diseases and published an article reflecting their experiences:

Engaging with stakeholders in a research programme to promote implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation in Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities

• icddr,b have marshalled government stakeholders at the national and district level in Bangladesh resulting in updated national guidelines for introducing pulse oximetry in routine management of childhood pneumonia.
• The Projahnmo Research Foundation have engaged district and national level policy makers to ensure the scaling up of digital auscultation (listening to lung sounds) into country-wide guidelines to improve the diagnosis of pneumonia in children under 5.

• A massive stakeholder engagement exercise (120 meetings with community members and leaders) contributed to the recruitment of 11,000 participants for a COVID-19 sero-surveillance study in India.

Sero-surveillance during COVID-19

• Capacity building (through an 8-week online course) of 50 physicians across charity hospitals in India to deliver a RESPIRE-tested chronic respiratory disease management intervention for rural and often hard-to-reach populations.

• KEM Hospital Research Centre developed a 15-minute short film designed to destigmatise COPD and asthma, and quell misconceptions about diagnosis and treatment.

  ओळख मोकळ्या श्वासाची (pronounced Olakh Moklya Shwasachi, translates to "Breathing Freely")

Community engagement with adults and children in Malaysia to dispel myths and stigma around asthma. Several resources coproduced with individuals and children living with asthma developed for dissemination.

• Inspired by the online series, ‘Humans of New York’, the RESPIRE Malaysia team has gathered stories of people’s experiences of how they live with asthma.

Asthma Real Life Stories

• The RESPIRE Malaysia team created a social media challenge to raise awareness of the experiences of those with asthma.

Asthma Straw Challenge

• The RESPIRE Malaysia team have created videos on inhaler technique and how to use a peak flow meter.

Instructional videos

• The RESPIRE Malaysia team have created a booklet and videos aimed at Hajj pilgrims with asthma.

Resources are available on the study page

• The RESPIRE Malaysia team have created a children's activity book titled 'We Have Asthma'.

• Neoventive Solutions in Pakistan have influenced two national level consultations on maternal and child health and nutrition organised by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF.
• Public engagement in Pakistan around pollen allergy, and nasal irrigation and gargling for suspected COVID-19 have been led by the Allergy and Asthma Institute through consultations, videos, animation, and a documentary film.