Today on World Lung Day, people affected by and working against respiratory disease, come together for lung health action.
Too often we take breathing for granted. World Lung Day, on 25th September, is an opportunity for us all to unite and advocate for better lung health globally. Organisations and individuals from around the world have joined the campaign, to shine a spotlight on the alarming statistics, and to hold their own lung health events.
Two historic health meetings take place later this week in New York: 26 September, the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis and 27 September, the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases.
More than 50 heads of state will attend and speak at the meetings destined to scale up the response to these important health problems.
The Global Asthma Report 2018, launched by the Global Asthma Network on 31 August 2018, finds that a large proportion of people in the world with asthma are not getting adequate treatment.
“Millions of people suffer from asthma because they do not get access to the medicines that lessen their breathing difficulties,” says Professor Asher, Chair of the Global Asthma Network.
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) warns that air pollution exposure may stunt lung function growth of children into adolescence.
An article published by scientists at Utrecht University in the European Respiratory Journal found that Dutch children, exposed to air near their homes containing high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, soot, and particulate matter from preschool age onwards, had lower airway growth at 16 years of age [1].
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is concerned with the findings of a new study highlighting an increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in relation to diesel and respirable dust exposure.
The study published in the prestigious American Journal of Epidemiology by a group of leading scientists involved more than 10,000 US miners. It found that the miners exposed occupationally to diesel exhaust and respirable dust, had an increased risk of IHD mortality [1].
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