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In 2014, we were proud to launch the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/European Lung Foundation (ELF) campaign: Healthy Lungs for Life (HLfL; www.healthylungsforlife.org); a lung health campaign to educate all stakeholders about the importance of prevention and management of lung disease and how this can be achieved. Our inaugural theme, “Breathe Clean Air”, was a timely and impactful topic to kick off with and resonated across the globe with politicians in the EU, journalists in a range of countries, scientists carrying out research with funding from HLfL, the people of Munich who had their lungs tested while the ERS International Congress took place, and those who attended events held by our collaborators across the globe, from India to the USA to New Zealand.
Abstract
ERS/ELF say “take the active option” for Healthy Lungs for Life http://ow.ly/R1WaX
Acknowledgements
ERS and ELF would like to thank Longfonds (the Dutch Lung Foundation) for their collaboration on all the activities in Amsterdam, and VITO (Belgium) for providing the air quality monitoring facilities and data analysis, and iAmsterdam for their inclusion of the HLfL route in the city tourist map.
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Conflict of interestP. Powell and S. Sealy are employees of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).
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