Airways ahead: breathing new life into policy for lung health
Lung disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide[i], yet it often lacks the attention it deserves in global health priorities. This year’s draft World Health Assembly Resolution on Lung Health offers an invaluable opportunity to push for action and accountability across lung health, including lung diseases and lung cancer. Join our panel of experts as they focus in on those lung diseases that are often underrecognized, discussing the challenges and opportunities for policy and action, ranging from tackling air pollution to improving care for people living with inflammatory lung disease.
Join this session to learn more about:
The current landscape for lung health, including the burden of specific inflammatory lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, and the need for action on air pollution
Policy gaps, opportunities, and areas for cross-stakeholder action on lung health, ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health in September
Speakers at the event will include:
Ferdinant M. Sonyuy (Secretary-General of the Cameroon NCD Alliance & Executive Director of the Africa NCDs Network)
Poornima Prabhakaran (Director, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends; Deputy Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Control; Chair, World Heart Federation’s Climate Change and Air Pollution Expert Group)
Sarah Rylance (Medical Officer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases: NCD Management Unit, WHO)
Steve Jones (Trustee, Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, UK)
For help with registration or general inquiries about the event, please email RoadtoUNGA@incisivehealth.com. More information on agenda and speakers to follow.
[i]The Lancet, Tackling the global burden of lung disease through prevention and early diagnosis (2022). Available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00302-2/abstract
Find out more about the other sessions on 19 May here - https://lu.ma/BoehringerIngelheimincollaborationwithNCDAlliance