# Organisation mondiale de l'allergie

L'Organisation mondiale de l'allergie (World Allergy Organization - WAO) est une organisation internationale dont les membres sont constitués de 97 sociétés régionales et nationales d'allergologie et d'immunologie clinique de nombreux pays dans le monde. L'organisme fournit à ses sociétés membres des programmes de diffusion directe, et présente des symposiums et des conférences dans près de 100 pays à travers le monde. Elle travaille en partenariat avec l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS).

## Historique

L'organisation a été fondée en 1951 et portait le nom d'International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (Association internationale d'allergologie et d'immunologie clinique - IAACI). Dès l'année de sa fondation, l'organisme tint son premier congrès qui eut lieu à Zurich. Au cours des 60 ans qui suivirent, elle présenta des congrès sur une base triennale pour ensuite être présentés à tous les deux ans à partir de 2003. Depuis sa fondation, elle a présenté 23 congrès auxquels participèrent 2 000 à 5 000 experts scientifiques. Nommé à l'origine "International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology" (Congrès international de l'allergologie et de l'immunologie clinique) se nomme maintenant le World Allergy Congress (Congrès mondial sur l'allergie).

## Sociétés membres
### Afrique

* Allergy Society of Kenya
* Allergy Society of South Africa
* Egyptian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Egyptian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
* Moroccan Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Tunisian Society of Respiratory Diseases and Allergology
* Zimbabwe Allergy Society

### Amérique du Nord

* American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
* American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
* Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

### Amérique latine

* Argentine Association of Allergy and Immunology
* Argentine Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Brazilian Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Chilean Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Colombian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Association
* Cuban Society of Allergology
* Ecuadorian Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
* Guatemalan Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology Association
* Honduran Society of Allergy and Clincial Immunology
* Mexican College of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Mexican College of Pediatricians Specialized in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Panamanian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Paraguayan Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
* Peruvian Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Uruguayan Society of Allergology
* Venezuelan Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

### Eurasie
#### Moyen-Orient

* Iranian Society of Asthma and Allergy
* Israël Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Jordanian Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Kuwait Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
* Lebanese Society of Allergy and Immunology

#### Asie/Pacifique

* Allergy & Immunology Society of Sri Lanka
* Allergy and Clinical Immunology Society (Singapore)
* Allergy and Immunology Society of Thailand
* Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
* Bangladesh Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Chinese Society of Allergology
* Hong Kong Institute of Allergy
* Indian Academy of Allergy
* Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology
* Indonesian Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Japanese Society of Allergology
* Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Malaysian Society of Allergy and Immunology
* Mongolian Society of Allergology
* Philippine Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
* Taiwan Academy of Pediatric Allergy Asthma Immunology
* Vietnam Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

#### Europe

* Albanian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Armenian Association of Immunology and Allergy
* Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology
* Azerbaïdjan Society for Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Belarus Association of Allergology & Clinical Immunology
* Belgian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Bulgarian National Society of Allergology
* Croatian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Czech Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Danish Society for Allergology
* Dutch Society of Allergology
* Finnish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* French Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Hellenic Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Hungarian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Icelandic Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Italian Association of Territorial and Hospital Allergists
* Italian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Latvian Association of Allergists
* Moldavian Society of Allergology & Immunology
* Norwegian Society of Allergology and Immunopathology
* Polish Society of Allergology
* Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Romanian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Russian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Serbian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists
* Slovenian Association for Allergology & Clinical Immunology
* Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
* Swedish Association for Allergology
* Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology
* Turkish National Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
* Ukrainian Allergists Association
* Ukrainian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists

## Organisations affiliées

* British Society for Immunology
* Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN)
* International Association of Asthmology (INTERASMA)
* International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG)
* Southern European Allergy Societies (SEAS)

## Membres associés

* Armenian Association of Immunology and Allergy
* Haitian Society of Allergy and Immunology
* National Association for Private Algerian Allergists

## Publications

* World Allergy Organization Journal, Éd. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (en)