Lungs Europe

EU Legislative Interests

Health promotion and disease prevention Tobacco control Air quality Climate change Health and research Digital health and health data Health systems Prevention, preparedness & response to cross-border health threats Access to medicinal products & medical devices Funding/budgeting for health

Communication Activities

An example of such activities is a Lungs Europe campaign called Healthy Lungs for Life (HLfL). It is a global public awareness campaign, that teaches thousands of people each year about how to make changes in their life to positively impact their lung health and the lung health of other people. The campaign currently focuses on five key themes: Physical activity (#TakeTheActiveOption); Air quality (#BreatheCleanAir); Stopping smoking (#BeSmokeFree); Vaccination (#Vaccinate); and Climate change (#FightClimateChange). Through these topics, Lungs Europe is able to address key EU policy areas - including the promotion of vaccinations, AMR, smoking cessation and lifestyle changes to help prevent NCDs, and promoting decarbonisation and addressing the serious impact climate change is having on health. Organising events on priorities around respiratory health (e.g. lung health promotion and disease prevention; lung cancer; access to treatment and medecines; respiratory infections and AMR etc) under the MEP Lung Health Group, which is an informal platform for policymakers, health professionals and patients to identify the potential EU policy measures aimed at improving lung health. https://www.ersnet.org/advocacy/mep-lung-health-group/ Events, publications and other activities under EU-funded projects addressing such topics as NCD prevention, cancer screening, tobacco control etc. https://europeanlung.org/lungseurope/projects-and-campaigns/

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

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Organisation Members

Lungs Europe is a Brussels-based collaboration between the European Lung Foundation (ELF) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). ELF is a patient-led organisation that works internationally to bring patients and the public together with healthcare professionals to improve lung health and advance diagnosis, treatment and care. ELF has a network of patient organisations working in the field of lung health and disease. The Patient Organisation Network includes over 200 organisations worldwide covering over 40 different lung conditions. ELF also has 13 different Patient Advisory Groups (PAGs). The members of these groups are individual patients, carers or patient organisation representatives across 13 different disease areas. https://europeanlung.org/en/about-us/structure/ ERS is the largest scientific and clinical organisation in respiratory medicine in Europe. Its members are scientists, clinicians, allied healthcare professionals and other experts from around the world. ERS is made up of over 35,000 respiratory professionals, spanning more than 160 countries worldwide. ERS also has a network of national respiratory societies with which it works in close partnership. https://www.ersnet.org/the-society/

Additional Information

Audited accounts will be shortly available on the website: https://europeanlung.org/lungseurope/about-us/