Forum of International Respiratory Societies

The Forum of International Respiratory Societies is a respiratory health advocacy organization which consists of the following organizations: The Forum was established in 2002 and has more than 70,000 members worldwide. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2010, the Forum dubbed the year 2010 the "Year of the Lung".
 * 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.