Guide to delivering high quality care for TB patients launched (PDF 115 KB)
On Universal Health Coverage Day updated guide supports front line staff to offer quality health care to every TB patient around the world
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and Michael R. Bloomberg to attend WCTOH (PDF 170 KB)
The World Conference on Tobacco or Health is to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, 7-9 March 2018.
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.