Africa’sRespiratory “Big Five”
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Date
2021
Authors
Mortimer, Kevin
Nantanda, Rebecca
Meghji, Jamilah
Vanker, Aneesa
Bush, Andrew
Ndimande, Nqobile
Ozoh, Obianuju
Masekela, Refiloe
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Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society
Abstract
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) launched a Global Health Group in the winter of 2019 in partnership with the Pan African Thoracic Society. This key meeting generated a lot of interest and areas of mutual benefit. Due to the overwhelming interest at the 2019 meeting, a virtual offering of the BTS Winter meeting February 2021, included a symposium by the Global Health Group on Africa’s Respiratory “Big Five.” The Winter meeting was free for PATS members and symposium had an excellent attendance, covering the following areas: Pneumonia in the under 5, impact of air pollution on lung health, post-TB lung disease, and non-communicable respiratory disease across the life course. This paper is a summary of the symposium and seeks to address research priority areas for lung health research on the African continent.
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Pneumonia in the under 5, Air pollution, Post-TB lung disease, Non-communicable respiratory disease, Research priorities
Citation
Mortimer, K., Nantanda, R., Meghji, J., Vanker, A., Bush, A., Ndimande, N., ... & Masekela, R. (2021). Africa’s respiratory “Big Five”. Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society, 2(2), 64-72.https://doi.org/10.25259/JPATS_12_2021