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ReviewBreathe (Sheffield, England)2026

Lung Facts: a practical tool to strengthen respiratory advocacy in Europe.

Guy Joos, Amy Auer, Pippa Powell, Lauren Anderson, Joan B Soriano, Jana De Brandt, Chantal Raherison Semjen, Bruno Balbi, Aleksander Kania

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Review in Breathe (Sheffield, England), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Guy JoosRespiratory Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-9444
Amy AuerEuropean Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pippa PowellEuropean Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1828-8332
Lauren AndersonEuropean Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.
Joan B SorianoHospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-2994
Jana De BrandtBelgian Lung Foundation, Anderlecht, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-1911
Chantal Raherison SemjenDepartment of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, French West Indies University, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
Bruno BalbiAzienda Sanitaria Locale, Novara, Italy.
Aleksander KaniaII Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory diseases remain a leading health burden across Europe, yet national strategies are often fragmented or absent. The International Respiratory Coalition's Lung Facts platform offers a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for epidemiological and economic data for major respiratory conditions across 53 European countries. This viewpoint outlines the platform's development and the types of data available, including disease burden, societal costs and risk factor attribution. It also demonstrates how national coalitions are using it to advocate for respiratory health policies. By providing accessible, country-specific information in visual formats, Lung Facts supports benchmarking, evidence-based advocacy and planning of national respiratory strategies. The platform is a dynamic tool intended to strengthen respiratory health policy and empower stakeholders to act on the growing burden of lung disease.

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PMCPMC13184697

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