Table 3.
Demands on goverment agencies with regard to allergies
| National Allergy Action Plan |
| Promotion of research in the field of allergology |
| Allergology as mandatory content in education and training of all health professions and for educating and teaching staff |
| Creation of separate and independent full professorships for allergology and for environmental medicine |
| Financial support for information campaigns for the population, e.g., on specific immunotherapy (SIT) |
| Reimbursement of pharmacotherapy of allergic rhinitis by the German statutory health insurance (SHI) |
| Preservation of the prescribing and reimbursement eligibility also of rare allergens for SIT |
| Financial support for the standardization of preparations for SIT and skin testing |
| Securing funding for development, clinical testing and manufacturing of allergy diagnostics |
| Reimbursement of patient training courses for neurodermatitis, anaphylaxis and asthma by the SHI system |