The 2^nd conference of the International Society for Pediatric Respiratory Diseases (INSPIRED) was recently held in Portugal.  INSPIRED is the only global conference dedicated to paediatric respiratory diseases and was attended by many people from over 55 countries.  It was an amazing exchange of high level presentations, discussions, and state of the art reviews by leaders as well as young investigators in their respective fields from around the world.

PATS was well represented with several PATS members contributing and receiving awards.  Prof Heather Zar gave the opening plenary, while  Prof Ada Ayuk. Assoc Profs Marco Zampoli and Dr Sandra Kwarteng Owusu all gave invited talks. 

Congratulations to Dr Sandra Kwarteng Owusu and Prof Joy Eze, both members of the PATS Exco, who received prestigious awards for their outstanding presentations. Sandra received a prize in the best Oral Presentation category for her study “Induced sputum samples to improve diagnosis of tuberculosis in children.” Joy received a prize in the best Young Investigator category for her study “Building capacity for diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in South Africa; a descriptive study.

A wonderful tribute to all the work being done to strengthen child lung health in Africa and globally!

The photo below is Marco Zampoli, Sandra Owusu, Heather Zar and Joy Eze at the 2nd INSPIRED congress in Portugal