Develop local activities

We envisage the majority of the efforts of this campaign will be carried out in collaboration with professional and lay organizations around the world that join us in the campaign. The global launch of the campaign will be 6 December 2009 in Cancun, Mexico at the meeting of The Union. Following the launch, comprehensive materials will be available to all partners for the Year of the Lung campaign for though our website. We will have a range of activities listed that partners can undertake during the Year of the Lung from media related activities to advocacy to World Spirometry Day.

21 May 2010: Year of the Lung launched in Moldova

On the 20th of May State Medical and Pharmaceutical University Nicolae Testemitanu was the host for the conference. It was divided into 2 sessions:

• Respiratory medicine,
• Conference dedicated to launch of Year of the Lung in Republic of Moldova,
  

which presupposes a special focus on the public health. Useful booklets about Year of the Lung were distributed, promotional materials of ERS were offered in order people could get better informed about the subject matter of the meeting. There was made the presentation of our official facebook group Year of the Lung, which was created by Alexandru Corlateanu (Moldova) and Gloria Montanari (Italy), today this group includes more than 2,500 members from all over the world. [Read the full report ]