ERS International Congress, Madrid 2019

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Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, abstract number.

The Global Burden of Disease, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases and Forum of International Respiratory Societies and other international initiatives

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Chairs: J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain), D. Jarvis (London, United Kingdom), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Aims: to summarise the recent findings of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and other international initiatives on respiratory diseases; to describe new developments in respiratory diseases and other respiratory conditions; to expand the network of respiratory collaborators.

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The Global Burden of Disease study: concepts, aims, scope and progress L. Sorio FLor (Seattle, United States of America)
GBD 2017 estimates on asthma, COPD and other: challenges to measure respiratory disease worldwide V. Gupta (Seattle, United States of America)
The commitment of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases to respiratory research G. Parker (London, United Kingdom)
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies: first measure, then heal respiratory ill health worldwide K. Rabe (Kiel, Germany)