[2] Beyond sharing research findings, these meetings also allocate funds for postgraduate programs on allergy and clinical immunology.

[1] After the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (renamed as World Allergy Organization) was founded at the 1951 International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (renamed as World Allergy Congress), these major conferences were held triennially until the 2003 switch to a biennial format.

The WAO publishes monthly issues of the open-access World Allergy Organization Journal with Alessandro Fiocchi and Mona Sulaiman Al-Ahmad serving as co-editors.

The Journal invites the submissions of all authors interested in publishing on current global problems in allergy, asthma, anaphylaxis, and immunology.

[5] Its collaborations with the World Health Organization (WHO) include a January 2002 meeting on the "Prevention of Allergy and Allergic Asthma" held in Geneva, Switzerland that emphasized minimizing air pollution and teaching patients to carry epinephrine autoinjectors.