Chair(s): Refika Hamutcu Ersu, Marielle Pijnenburg, Lieuwe D.J. Bos
Session type: Symposium
Maikel van Wissen
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Diane Gray
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Catia Cilloniz Campos
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Global strategies for improving respiratory health: how can the WHO make a difference in respiratory health?
José Luis Castro
Fighting climate change: what can healthcare providers learn from lawyers?
Maikel Van Wissen
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Session aims
to raise awareness of morbidity and mortality due to respiratory diseases worldwide; to discuss the early-life determinants of respiratory health and potential preventive measures, with a focus on low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs); to discuss how to reduce mortality from pneumonia, which is the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years; to provide insight into how the World Health Organization (WHO) works and how it aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality of respiratory diseases; to provide inspiration from a lawyer fighting climate change.