The year 2010 is declared as Year of the Lung

2009-12-07 19:41:41

December 7th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by admin - By Bobby Ramakant, CNS The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) convening at the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cancun, Mexico, declared the year 2010 as the Year of the Lung. This was done to recognize that hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable and preventable chronic respiratory diseases. This initiative acknowledges that lung health has long been neglected in public discourses,... Full Article at Thaindian »