Our Lancet Countdown Europe Group Leader, Dr Hedi Kriit, presented the Lancet Countdown collaboration and the 2024 Europe report (https://lnkd.in/dtAXPUY7) to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V. (German Respiratory Society) at their 65th Conference in Leipzig. 🌬️ She opened the session on “Climate change and air pollution” and shared the session with Prof. Barbara Hoffmann, Lea Dohm from KLUG – Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit and Prof. Andrea Kaifie-Pechmann. 🌱 Thank you to the 🇩🇪 German Respiratory Society for the invitation, the co-panellists and the audience for the warm welcome!
Lancet Countdown Europe 2024 report presentation to the German Respiratory Society 65th Conference
by Stella Dafka
April 29, 2025
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