International Congresses Amsterdam 2025

The ERS Congress 2025, Amsterdam

This annual event brings together the world's respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science.

Chair(s): Refika Hamutcu Ersu, Marielle Pijnenburg, Lieuwe D.J. Bos

Session type: Symposium

Maikel van Wissen

Session content




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

Replay

Slides



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.