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Join our joint PATS and ERS paediatric webinar on 10 November 2026 on the spectrum and treatable traits of paediatric bronchiectasis, from Africa to Europe.
Join our live webinar on 20 October 2026 on improving the lung cancer patient journey across Africa, from early suspicion to coordinated care.
PATS congratulates Prof. Obianuju Ozoh on landmark CHEST-Africa asthma research published in Thorax, covering 4,477 children and adolescents in four African countries.
FIRS calls for lung health to be protected from the earliest stages of life through adulthood and ageing.
Bronchiectasis remains under-diagnosed and under-treated in African children and adults, often following pneumonia or TB.
On World Asthma Day 2026 (5 May), the call remains: access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with asthma.
Prof. Masekela, Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is featured in The Lancet.
TB can be treated, cured and prevented, yet more than 10 million people still fall ill with it each year.
The latest newsletter from the PATS President to members, colleagues and friends.
GLENVIEW, Ill. – Globally, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide for both men and women. In 2020, there were 2.5 million new lung cancer cases globally and 1.80 million deaths.
The Pan African Thoracic Society is a major professional organization representing Lung Health in Africa.
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