The Annual General Meeting for this year took place on 18 November 2025 at Kiangsu Chekiang and Shanghai Residents (HK). Council members and attendees enjoyed an engaging evening. Please <click here> for the meeting highlights.

The HKIA Awards Presentation Ceremony was held on 18 October 2025 with the 13th Hong Kong Allergy Convention. For full list of awardees and their citations, please <click here> to view.

• Review of monoclonal antibody therapies in asthma and allergic diseases - a new paradigm for precision medicine
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• Nightmares, hallucinations, depression: side effects of asthma drug prescribed to children for minor coughs and hay fever
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• 2020 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: Characteristics of Chinese fish-allergic patients: Findings from double-blind placebo-controlled food challenges
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The Hong Kong Institute of Allergy (HKIA) Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 marks a significant milestone as the Institute celebrates its 30th Anniversary, commemorating three decades of dedication to advancing allergy care, education, and research. Under the theme "Unity in Diversity: 30 Years of Legacy," the meeting reflects on HKIA's achievements while embracing a future driven by innovation, collaboration, and global engagement.

The 2026 programme will highlight both the Institute's legacy and emerging developments in the field. Through plenary lectures, scientific symposia, and interactive discussions, participants will explore cutting-edge research, translational advances, and practical clinical insights that bridge scientific discovery and patient care. The meeting will also strengthen international collaboration by welcoming experts and partners from around the world, reinforcing HKIA's role as a bridge between East and West in advancing allergy and immunology.

A key focus of the meeting this year is nurturing future leaders through "Meet the Expert" sessions, multidisciplinary case discussions, and knowledge-sharing opportunities. More than a celebration of past achievements, the Annual Scientific Meeting serves as a platform to inspire innovation, foster collaboration, and shape the future of allergy care both regionally and globally.

The remarkable event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 6th, 2026, with the day's program running from 9:00 AM to 6:10 PM HKT. All activities and sessions will be hosted at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. If you are interested to join our 30th Anniversary celebration, please register here.

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It is with great pleasure that we announce our Institute's 30-year celebratory event, the Hong Kong International Allergy Summit (HKIAS). Partnering with Fondaizone Menarini, the HKIAS will take place on November 28 to 29, 2026, at the HKUMed campus in Hong Kong.

More than 20 internationally renowned faculty members from all continents — Australasia, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe — will meet to celebrate three decades of commitment to furthering allergy excellence at the largest allergy summit ever held in our region. Please click here to view the event programme and learn more about the event.

This prestigious event features state-of-the-art updates, hot topic debates, and the sharing of ground-breaking clinical research. Furthermore, world allergy leaders will be discussing and drafting new global recommendations. As a registrant, you can be part of this historic moment by taking part in the discussions and witnessing these new roadmaps firsthand. Participants will benefit from a comprehensive range of allergy sessions covering airway allergy, allergy diagnostics, anaphylaxis, biologic therapies, drug allergy, immunotherapy, and skin allergy.

To make this remarkable event accessible, the summit is entirely free of charge for all registrants, and CME/CNE will be available. Moreover, this event is completely independent of any commercial talks and industry-sponsored seminars, allowing our speakers to discuss openly without holding back and ensuring complete freedom of scientific engagement free from any bias.

Slots are strictly limited on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to meet face-to-face with global giants at this first-of-its-kind allergy summit, please register your slot here.

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The HKIA e-Newsletter (Fall 2024 issue) was launched in November 2024. Click here to read the newsletter.

PRAISE-HK means Personalized Real-time Air Quality Informatics System for Exposure – Hong Kong. It is a new mobile app launched by the HKUST Institute for Environment. It aims to help users reduce their exposure to outdoor air pollution. HKIA is in full support to this app. Hopefully, it will help build Hong Kong into a world-class smart and healthy city.

HKIA's analysis of the current provision of Allergy services has just been abstracted online by the Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29223147/. The full paper is published in the Journal's December issue.

As expected there is an overall unmet need of Allergy specialists in Hong Kong. Importantly there is an imbalance between adult and paediatric allergists with 5 fold more paediatric allergists relative to their adult counterparts per head of population. Unless this is rectified there will be very serious problems as the numbers of allergic children outgrow paediatric care.

Please read the paper and if you agree please update your managers and help us to lobby for an expansion of Allergy services in Hong Kong.

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of HKIA, the council has published 2 anniversary books, one on institute's development and the other one for public education on allergy. Please click the below to download the books.
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Our Visiting Professional Programmes (VPPs), also known as attachments, are offered to clinicians who wish to undertake a period of observership or undertake hands on clinical practice and experience Guy's and St Thomas' in operation as a quaternary London teaching hospital. Programmes typically range from six weeks to twelve months.
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"World Energy Outlook Special Report on Energy and Air Pollution 2016" by the International Energy Agency has been published.
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HKIA is publishing a series of 12 educational articles in the Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報醫療版) biweekly starting from 25 May 2016. They can be read as below:
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Please be advised that Environmental Protection Department will launch a video series entitled "Clean Air and You" which are available in three languages, including Cantonese, English and Putonghua. You can download the episodes from their website at: http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/
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