44th Union World Conference on Lung Health, 30 October – 3 November 2013, Paris

1 December 2013. Related: Conference reports, Conference index, World Conference on Lung Health 44th 2013.

The 44th Union Conference on Lung Health was held this year in Paris from 30 October – 3 November 2013.

This is the largest annual meeting focusing on lung health (with a strong emphasis on TB) as this relates to low- and middle-income countries and populations. Although there are only a limited number of presentations relating to HIV, the issue of HIV and TB coinfection is always covered at this meeting and the following report focuses on TB treatment in children.

Abstracts and webcasts from the meeting are available free online.
http://www.worldlunghealth.org/conf2013/

Webcasts
http://slideonline.eu/recordings/2013/union2013/

Abstract book (PDF download)
http://www.worldlunghealth.org/conf2013/images/1_Paris2013/Forms/ABSTRACT_BOOK_2013_Web.pdf (PDF)