September 14 2021 - European Federation of Allergies and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA) on behalf of the European Lung Health Group (ELHG)
This written statement was issued during the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe on 13-17 September 2021. It can be found under the agenda item "Matters arising from resolutions and decisions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board”.
Lung disease is the third cause of death worldwide. However, lung health remains a largely hidden domain of life where people have to live with the often-preventable consequences of other people’s decisions. In Europe, lung disease kills 600,000 people each year, and provokes over 10 million life years lost, numbers that do not take into account deaths and consequences from COVID-19, which is an infection of the respiratory system.
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