World Pneumonia Day on 12th Nov calls attention to the unacceptable and huge burden of pneumonia, much of which is preventable.

The PATS & ReSoK Congress 2023 Scientific Committee invites the submission of abstracts to be considered for oral and poster presentations.

The PATS and ERS paediatric webinar series continues, with a TB and MDR TB in children: New approaches to treatment webinar on 12 December 2022. 

World Lung Day is marked on 25 September each year to raise awareness and advocate for improved care for respiratory diseases globally. PATS, alongside other members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), encourages hosting local advocacy events on this day. In this regard, PATS runs the program, PATS Lung health Initiative (PALI), to raise awareness and advocate for improved lung health in Africa. PALI is an annual award designed to support World Lung Day advocacy programs that promote lung health in Africa.

The PATS and ERS paediatric webinar series continues, with a Long COVID in children webinar on 13 September 2022. 

The PATS and ERS paediatric webinar series continues, with a Challenges in the diagnosis of asthma in children webinar on 14 June 2022. 

The PATS and ERS paediatric webinar series continues this year, with a Pulmonary function testing in children webinar on 12 April 2022. 

1 December is World AIDS Day.

17 November is World COPD Day.

12 November is World Pneumonia Day.

PATS will be hosting a virtual Mini Symposium on 20 November 2021 on Managing Asthma, COPD and Pneumonia During COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa.

Thanks to a generous donation from Professor Emerita Sonia Buist, we are delighted to announce this unique opportunity for PATS MECOR graduates. 

The PATS and ERS paediatric webinar series continues, with a Paediatric Respiratory Research: meet the experts webinar on 7 October 2021. 

1 August is World Lung Cancer Day.

PATS will be hosting an Asthma virtual Mini Symposium on 21 August 2021.