PATS recently participated in the ERS Congress 2018 held in Paris, France. 

On 25 September 2018, we will celebrate the 2nd World Lung Day. 

Two PATS Exco members, Dr Bertrand Mbatchou and Dr Kevin Mortimer were elected to serve on The Union. 

A new global campaign to combat asthma is being led by the Global Asthma Network.

PATS President Dr Joe Aluoch recently attended the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam.

PATS President Dr Joe Aluoch is attending ATS 2018 in San Diego.

The PATS MECOR 2018 course recently took place in Durban, South Africa.

The African Journal of Respiratory Medicine (AJRM) March 2018 issue is available. 

Pan African Thoracic Society Healthy Lungs for Life feedback from Durban, South Africa, April 2018.

A new PATS Executive Committee was recently elected to serve for the period 2018-2021.

The PATS & SATS Congress 2018 was successfully held at the Durban International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa from 12-15 April 2018.

World TB Day on 24th March is an opportunity to highlight the burden of TB in Africa and the gaps in diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

A total of 39 Young Investigators from Africa have been awarded grants to attend the PATS/SATS Congress 2018.

Dr Joseph Aluoch was named an Honorary Member of The Union at the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Guadalajara, Mexico. 

The Congress scientific programme is now available on the congress website.  The programmes for the various pre-congress skills building workshops are also available.