The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is an organisation comprised of the world’s leading international professional respiratory societies promoting global equity in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease, to improve lung health.
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Asthma Education is Key to Reducing Deaths Worldwide, Say Respiratory Health Associations
On World Asthma Day 2024 (7 May), the message is clear: "Asthma Education Empowers." The Forum of International...
65 million people suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
3 million people die from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) each year.
1.6 million people die from lung cancer each year, making it the most deadly cancer.
334 million people suffer from asthma.
Asthma affects 14 percent of children globally.
4 million people die from lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia each year.
Every minute, 2 children die from pneumonia.
4.2 million people die every year as a result of exposure to ambient (outdoor) air pollution.
3.8 million people die every year as a result of household exposure to smoke from dirty cookstoves and fuels.
10 million people develop tuberculosis and 1.6 million die from it each.
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in the very young and very old.
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