Forum of International Respiratory Societies
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The Forum of International Respiratory Societies is a respiratory health advocacy organization which consists of the following organizations:[citation needed]
- The Asociacion Latinoamericana del Thorax
- The American College of Chest Physicians
- The American Thoracic Society
- The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
- The European Respiratory Society
- The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and
- The Pan African Thoracic Society.
The Forum was established in 2002[1] and has more than 70,000 members worldwide.[2] It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.[3] In 2010, the Forum dubbed the year 2010 the "Year of the Lung".[4]