The European Respiratory Society published an advocacy statement on International Women’s Day calling for greater awareness and focus on the increase in respiratory diseases in women.
In the statement, the ERS highlights “a disturbing increase in many respiratory diseases among women.”
Previous research has demonstrated gender is an important factor for the incidence of respiratory diseases, susceptibility and severity, and it also influences key areas of research, lung health, and health care access and delivery. For example, women have a higher prevalence, mortality and