STATEMENT UN General Assembly adopts Declaration supporting increased access to inhaled medicines for the 650 million children and adults living with chronic respiratory diseases UN General Assembly 16 December 2025 The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), which includes the world’s leading international professional respiratory societies applauds the UN General Assembly for recognizing that chronic …
World AIDS Day reminds us that collaboration is necessary to slow TB resurgence: Forum of International Respiratory Societies. Dec. 01, 2025 – The cuts to USAID in early 2025 dealt a devastating blow to the health infrastructure around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “HIV service disruptions that have resulted from funding …
On World COPD Day, The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) Issues Call to Action: “Short of Breath, Think COPD” For Immediate Release In support of World COPD Day on November 19, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is calling attention to the urgent need for early and accurate diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
GINA would like to inform everyone about a minor update to the Report, published on the GINA website on November 14, 2025, and good news about access to GINA resources. The main reason for the update to the GINA 2025 Report was to correct an error in the dose of nebulized salbutamol for children aged …
Forum of International Respiratory Societies Calls for Immediate Action to Prevent Childhood Pneumonia on World Pneumonia Day 2025 For Immediate Release 12thNovember 2025 Despite significant progress in recent years, pneumonia remains a leading cause of child mortality, claiming hundreds of thousands of young lives every year. On World Pneumonia Day 12th November 2025, the Forum …
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies Marks World Lung Day with Global Lung Health Campaigns and Practical Tips for Everyone This World Lung Day, 25 September 2025, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is urging people everywhere to protect their lung health every day. Under the theme Healthy Lungs, Healthy Life, FIRS is highlighting …
International Respiratory experts Use World Lung Cancer Day to Stress the Importance of Lung Cancer Screening and Risk Factor Awareness GLENVIEW, Ill. – Globally, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide for both men and women. In 2020, there were 2.5 million new lung cancer cases globally and 1.80 million deaths. In support …
International Respiratory Societies Unite on World Bronchiectasis Day 2025 to Urge Global Awareness and Collaboration This Rare Lung Disease is Increasing; Members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies Unite to Improve Early Detection JULY 1, 2025 – According to the 2022 Global Impact of Respiratory Disease Report, the global presence of non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis …
Click to read the tribute to Professor Eric Donn Bateman AM, MB BS, PhD, FRACP, from The Lancet. [button link=”https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01247-4/fulltext” target=”_blank”]Eric Bateman: Obituary[/button]
The new GINA 2025 Slide Set is now available to download HERE. The PowerPoint slide set summarizes GINA’s objectives, documents, and management recommendations from the 2025 update of the GINA Strategy Report, with background information about asthma and the burden of this disease. *A minor error on slide 49 was corrected on June 3, 2025.