On the Home Front Make sure your home is well ventilated and air your house for 5-10 minutes several times a day, especially during and after cooking, taking a shower, vacuuming or cleaning with disinfectants and sprays. Maintain gas appliances and make sure that chimneys are cleaned and well-ventilated, burning only dry and untreated wood. […]
Keeping Well with a Lung Condition – Information Webinar
Join us on World Lung Day for our patient information webinar ” Keeping Well with a Lung Condition” An informational webinar for people living with a lung condition including Asthma, COPD and Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Register at https://eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sLKY8QI-TLSAmoGMwYtaFQ#/registration Topics include: Is it too late to stop smoking? Exercise with a lung condition Self-Management Skills – […]
Save the Date – World Lung Health Day 2024 – September 25th
Join us on World Lung Day September 25th as we unite to promote better lung health for all. This year’s theme is Clean Air and Healthy Lungs for All.
Coalition of Irish Lung Health Charites Urges Public to “Love Your Lungs”
Ahead of World Lung Day on Sunday September 25, Coalition of Irish Lung Health Charites Urges Public to “Love Your Lungs” Top Five Steps to “Love Your Lungs” Factsheet Launched Ahead of World Lung Day on Sunday September 25, the Irish Lung Health Alliance, a coalition of charities working to promote healthy lungs, has urged […]
Winners of the Lovin Our Lungs Movie Competition Announced
And the Lovin’ Our Lungs Movie Gong Goes to… House of Swag Dance School Wins Nationwide Movie Competition Highlighting Lung Health for Teenagers A top gong has gone to a five-strong dance troupe from the House of Swag Dance School, from Swords, Co. Dublin, for their winning entry in the Lovin’ Our Lungs Movie Awards. […]
Sing Street Star Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Launches “Lovin’ Our Lungs” Nationwide Movie Competition
Rising star of the silver screen, Sing Street actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, today joined with RTÉ Two Tube’s Bláthnaid Treacy and Stephen Byrne to launch a nationwide movie competition Lovin’ Our Lungs to highlight the importance of lung health for a full and active life. The awards, which are organised by the Irish Lung Health Alliance, […]
GE 2016 – ILHA Lung Health Priorities
In advance of General Election 2016 the Irish Lung Health Alliance outlined its priorities for Lung Health. Why Prioritise Lung Health: Respiratory diseases, including cancers of the trachea, bronchus and lung accounted for 18% of all deaths in 2014. Rates of mortality from respiratory disease are 42% higher than the EU-28 average. (Health in Ireland […]
New Survey Reveals Lung Disease Affects One in Every Two People
As Ireland’s First-Ever National Lung Health Awareness Week is Launched, New Survey Reveals Lung Disease Affects One in Every Two People, Yet Awareness of Symptoms Remains Low Alliance calls for development of National Programme for Healthy Lungs Ireland has third highest death rate in Western Europe with more than 5,500 people dying from lung disease […]
Give Lungs a Sporting Chance Urges Lung Health Alliance
European Report puts Ireland at bottom of league for Lung Health Monday, 4th November, 2013: With 1 in 7 people in Ireland having an undiagnosed lung condition and Ireland having the third highest death rate from lung disease in Europe, causing 1 in 5 deaths, it is vital that people know how to maximise their […]
Irish Lung Health Alliance met with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health
Thursday 7th February 2013