Presentation and discussion of a draft Lancet Commission on Asthma

Session
Chairs: Sabine Kleinert (London, United Kingdom), Monica Kraft (Tucson, United States of America)
Aims: The audience will learn about new thoughts in asthma and respiratory diseases in general and will be part of a discussion about how to take forward this new thinking and the recommendations emerging from The Lancet Commission.
Target audience: Practicing clinicians, researchers, pulmonologists, as well as policy makers, translational scientists, and other health workers.

Why a Lancet Commission on Asthma? Ian Douglas Pavord (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Beyond palliative care: tackling the origins of asthma  Andrew Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Rethinking the way we are treating established airway disease: current guidelines need to change  Richard Beasley (Wellington, New Zealand)
Where next: The Lancet Commission’s recommendations  Ian Douglas Pavord (Oxford, United Kingdom)