lung disease
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FIRS call for a unified voice on World Lung Day 2018
20th September 2018
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) encourages organisations to speak with a unified voice on lung health to mark World Lung Day.
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World Lung Day – Sign the Charter
25th September 2017
The first ever World Lung Day is being marked globally on 25 September. Organised by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), the day’s focus is the World Charter of Lung Health.
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Stand together to call for attention and action to improve lung health, worldwide
01st August 2017
Chronic respiratory disease is one of the 4 main NCDs requiring action, yet one of the the least acknowledged. Dean Schraufnagel hopes an annual World Lung Day on 25th September will help change that.
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Implementation research, what’s this? The example of FRESH AIR for chronic lung disease
09th June 2017
Implementation research doesn’t just tell us how best to implement interventions to improve health in local contexts; it can also raise awareness and action on the need for policies to be developed to reduce the burden of respiratory diseases, explains Catherine Hartmann of the Eureopean COPD Coalition.
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Stopping the Looming Co-epidemic of Diabetes and Tuberculosis
23rd March 2016
This World TB Day on 24th March, learn what needs to be done to stop the looming co-epidemic of TB and diabetes, & how you might be able to help.
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