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Closing Gaps in Asthma Care: World Asthma Day 2022
On this World Asthma Day, May 3, 2022, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) calls on international respiratory communities to work together with colleagues,
World TB Day: Breathing in science to eliminate TB
On World TB Day 2022, we call on the TB community to challenge ourselves to think differently, champion science and embrace evidence-based innovation, if we
Statement of support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as the unfolding humanitarian disaster created by Russia’s invasion continues.
Joint statement on the implications of Philip Morris International’s acquisition of Vectura
Issued by: The European Respiratory Society, The American Thoracic Society, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Asociación Latino Americana
On World AIDS Day, COVID-19 Vaccines Are Critical
People living with HIV experience more severe outcomes and have higher comorbidities from COVID-19 than people not living with HIV, according to the 2020 UNAIDS
Healthy Lungs – Never More Important: World COPD Day
Healthy Lungs – Never More Important: World COPD Day
17 November 2021
World COPD Day, 17 November 2021, is an annual global initiative