2010: Year of the Lung is a global initiative instituted by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), a collaboration of the world’s leading professional respiratory organizations, including the American College of Chest Physicians.

2010: Year of the Lung (YOL) aims to raise awareness of and advocate for lung health globally and at the country level to reduce lung disease morbidity and mortality.

The Year of the Lung was launched on Sunday, 6 December, at the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cancun, Mexico. The campaign seeks to raise awareness that hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable and preventable respiratory diseases.

This initiative acknowledges that lung health has long been neglected in public discourse and seeks to unify different health advocates behind the goal of lung health. See more on The Year of the Lung website.

The WORLD DAY of ASTHMA, created on the initiative of the GINA Global Initiative for Asthma) is held each year everywhere in the world.

the STMRA organized this Saturday 5/8/210, several manifestations specially those on two hypermarkets (Carrefour & Géant).

The Tunisian Company of the Respiratory diseases and allergology (STMRA) proposes you a learning CD-ROM of thoracic scannographic anatomy, developed in collaboration between the departments of Pneumology and Radiology of the Rabta University Hospital Tunis.

This support is proposed in free download, it is intended for a wide public (medical students, pulmonologists, radiologists, anatomists).

This support reviews the various thoracic structures: parenchymatous, parietal and mediastinal slides.

The navigation through the application allows to follow all the thoracic anatomical structures and to identify by a contextual legend.

Click here to download this free Soft (French).