World COPD Day, November 15, 2017: A Look at the Many Faces of COPD (PDF 87 KB)
In support of World COPD Day, FIRS joins patients, health care professionals, nonprofit organisations, and government agencies in coming together today to take action against one of the world’s most prevalent respiratory diseases.
World Pneumonia Day on November 12, 2017 (PDF 52 KB)
In support of World Pneumonia Day, 12 November, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) calls for global efforts to stop pneumonia and strengthen strategies to protect, prevent and treat pneumonia.
STREAM clinical trial results provide vital insight into nine-month treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (PDF 87 KB)
Preliminary results from Stage 1 of the STREAM randomised clinical trial show that the nine-month treatment regimen being tested achieved favourable outcomes in almost 80 percent of those treated.
Wirelessly Observed Therapy could revolutionise tuberculosis treatment, researchers to tell the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Guadalajara, Mexico, 11-14 October, 2017 (PDF 60 KB)
A range of new technological advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis to be unveiled for the first time in Guadalajara.
The Union welcomes the WHO's recognition of TB alongside other pathogens as priority for R&D
The Union welcomes the WHO’s Priority Pathogen Report, released today, highlighting drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) as a priority for research and development in the battle against AMR.
Breakthrough research linking diabetes and TB infection to be announced at the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Guadalajara (PDF 153 KB)
Conference to be opened by the Mexican Secretary of Health, Dr José Narro Robles and feature address by H.E. Dr Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas, President of Uruguay