This MEP Lung Health Group event took place on 27 January, 2021. The meeting was held to launch the BREATHE Vision paper, which is a collective initiative driven by European-level patient groups and healthcare professionals which aims to increase awareness of respiratory health, improve lung health care and research, and tackle COVID-19 and its long-term impacts in Europe.
Speakers and virtual roundtable participants included:
- MEP István Ujhelyi, S&D Hungary
- MEP Željana Zovko, EPP Croatia
- Thierry Troosters, Past-President, European Respiratory Society
- Kjeld Hansen, Chair, European Lung Foundation
- Pierre Delsaux, European Commission DG Sante Deputy Director-General
- Jill Farrington, Coordinator of the WHO European Office for Noncommunicable Diseases
- Mikaela Odemyr, President, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations
- Gergely Meszaros, Project Manager, Pulmonary Hypertension Association Europe
- Anne-Marie Baird, President, Lung Cancer Europe
- Hilde De Keyser, Chief Executive Officer, Cystic Fibrosis Europe
- Liam Galvin, Secretary, European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Related Disorder Federation
- Paul Sommerfeld, Board Chair, Tuberculosis Europe Coalition