The MEP Lung Health Group: Raising awareness of respiratory diseases across Europe
The group, launched last October, aims to stimulate debate and raise awareness of the risk factors and the complications of respiratory diseases, explains co-chair Željana Zovko.
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01 Mar 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown EU Member States what the Union can achieve with an enhanced and coordinated response. This momentum should now be used to transpose the lessons learned to other health-related issues and to develop long-term strategies.
Before the pandemic, Europe registered over 600,000 deaths a year due to respiratory diseases, while lung cancer is the third-most common type of newly diagnosed cancer on our continent. Both COVID-related and non COVID-related health problems need greater attention, improved monitoring and actions to enhance prevention and treatment.