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