World Lung Day Events 2023

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    #TakeTheActiveOption to support Healthy Lungs for Life

    This year the European Lung Foundation is aiming to raise €5,000 to ensure they can reach as many people as possible in their mission to improve lung health. ...Read more
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    African lung health initiative grants

    Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) Lung Health Initiative (PALI) is an annual award designed to support World Lung Day advocacy programs that promote lung health in Africa ....Read more
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    Calling all artists!

    The Aspergillosis Trust and Hive Art are hosting an art exhibition titled 'The Air that I Breathe' exploring the fundamental connectivity between breath, air and life itself. ....Read more
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    Pay It Forward in Jamaica

    Thanks to their Pay It Forward Initiative, this World Lung Day Jamaica Lung Support Foundation will be purchasing medication for individuals living with respiratory illnesses in Montego Bay, St James, Falmouth Trelawny and Lucea Hanover.
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    Italy: New national registry on pulmonary fibrosis

    National registry on Pulmonary Fibrosis

    The Italian Federation of Pulmonary Fibrosis and Rare Pulmonary Diseases (FIMARP) brings together associations that deal with rare lung diseases to raise awareness among the scientific community and to support patients by creating specific support pathways...Read more

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    Giornata Mondiale del Polmone - Giornata di prevenzione e sensibilizzazione sulle malattie respiratorie

    Respiriamo Insieme is hosting World Lung Day events in Florence, Turin, Rome and L'Aquila. Free activities: include respiratory and allergy prevention/screening; information on health, environmental protection and sports; therapeutic education to promote healthy lifestyles; entertainment and sports...Read more

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    Pakistan: Charsadda Pak Assocation TB seminar

    On 25th September 2023 the welfare organisation Charsadda Pak is organizing a World Lung Day Seminar on TB at the TB Clinic at Charsadda, Pakistan. ..Read more

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    ERASE-TB: Study of New Diagnostic Tests for TB

    A study is underway to evaluate new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB) in its early stages. The ERASE-TB study will enroll 2100 household contacts, people living in close proximity with someone recently diagnosed with TB. ..Read more

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    Turkish Respiratory Society focuses on climate change and air pollution

    Turkish Respiratory Society's press and social media activities for World Lung Day are focused on the 'Big Five' major lung diseases, and the effects of climate change and air pollution on lung health especially on lung cancer. ..Read more

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    Haiti Cholera Research Funding Foundation

    Haiti Cholera Research Funding Foundation Inc USA (HCRFF), one of our World Lung Day Partners, is hosting an Zoom discussion at 8.30 EST 25 September on asthma, lung cancer, pulmonary nodule and genetic pulmonary disease. ..Read more

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    ERA4TB webinar on innovations in early-stage TB research

    Check out the ERA4TB webinar on 20 September 2023, 16.00-17.00 CET: “How ERA4TB is advancing the TB research agenda: Innovations in early-stage research.”..Read more

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    BIHS General Hospital in Dhaka debuts World Lung Day event

    The Respiratory Department of BIHS General Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh is celebrating World Lung Day for the first time on 25 September 2023 with an awareness-raising event including a rally, seminar, questions-answer session and free chest-related consultations offered at a concessionary rate...Read more

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    'Enjoyment of breathing' event on the Flower Square, Zagreb

    Saturday, September 23rd, 11am Flower Square, Zagreb On the occasion of World Lung Day and the Month dedicated to Pulmonary Fibrosis..Read more
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