Promoted by Active Citizenship Network and RPP Group, the EU Working Group on Respiratory Care is a collaborative initiative that brings together EU-level scientific societies, healthcare professionals and national patient advocacy organisations. It was set up to address the growing burden of respiratory diseases across Europe.

The eleven recommendations outlined in the Call to Action are intended to provide robust, evidence-based input to ensure that the specific needs of respiratory health are fully addressed and embedded in an upgraded, unified European framework for infection control, providing better protection for the health rights of European citizens.

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Listed below are the endorsing associations:

NATIONAL CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS and PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS:

1. Lower Austrian Patient and Nursing Advocacy (NÖ PPA) - Austria
2. Patients Organizations With You - Bulgaria
3. Association of Reproductive Health, Pregnancy and Childcare "Smile" - Bulgaria
4. Alliance of Transplanted and Operated ATO "Future for All"- Bulgaria
5. Association of Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases – Bulgaria
6. Bulgarian Association for Patients' Defense – Bulgaria
7. Cyprus Federation of Patient Associations (CyFPA – OSAK) - Cyprus
8. Institute of Research for Innovation and Development (IMKKA) – Greece
9. Promitheas (Hellenic Liver Patient Association) - Greece
10. Irish Patients' Association – Ireland
11. Tribunale per i diritti del malato - Italy
12. Malta Health Network - Malta
13. National Patients Organisation – Malta
14. European Patients Empowerment for Customised Solutions (EPECS) – The Netherlands
15. Institute for Patients' Rights and Health Education (IPPEZ) – Poland
16. Alliance "Poland Breathes Healthily" – Poland
17. Sociedade Portuguesa de Literacia em Saúde (SPLS) - Portugal
18. Coalition of Organisations patients with chronic diseases in Romania (COPAC) – Romania
19. Društvo Kultlab Celje – Slovenia
20. The Slovenian foodbank (SIBAHE) - Slovenia
21. Association for Justice and Control - Slovenia
22. Asociación Española contra la Meningitis – Spain
23. Foro Español de Pacientes – Spain
24. Universidad del Paciente y la Familia – Spain

EUROPEAN UMBRELLA PATIENTS’ ORGANIZATIONS:

1. European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA)
2. International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (IPOPI)

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS’ ASSOCIATIONS:

1. Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM)
2. World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
3. European Scientific Working group on Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses (ESWI)
4. European Specialist Nurses Organisation – ESNO
5. European Medical Association – EMA
6. European Geriatric Medicine Society – EuGMS