The recording of PHA Europe’s first Health Technology Assessment (HTA) training webinars now available on the Bel Air Center online platform

PHA Europe, the European Pulmonary Hypertension Association, is offering training courses on Health Technology Assessment. (HTA) and Policy work. The first training session took place on June the 5th, 2024, and two more are scheduled before the end of the year: The speaker, Niels Bertelsen, is (volunteer) past chair of the Health Technology Assessment International […]

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“Congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension”, an Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension live webinar

Transcript “CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION”, MAY 18, 2024 NB. This transcript can be translated into your preferred language – use orange button at the bottom centre of this page to select it (slides are not translatable). DISCLAIMER: Despite every effort to ensure the accuracy of this transcript, we strongly encourage all visitors to consult with

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The Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP) welcomes the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension as new member, May 2024

The Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP)’s mission is to globally support and empower patients with allergies, airways and atopic diseases by protecting their rights and insisting on the duties of governments, healthcare professionals and the general public. The organisation’s vision is to create a world where patients with allergies, airways and atopic diseases live

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Anne-Marie Amilhat, one of the world’s longest-living heart-lung transplant recipients (36 years!) was among the 11,000 people who carried the Olympic flame from Athens to Paris

Anne-Marie Amilhat, who is one of the world’s longest-living heart-lung transplant recipients (36 years post surgery!) was among the 11,000 people who carried the Olympic flame from Athens to Paris. On May 17th Anne-Marie carried the torch between Toulouse and Auch. The news was reported in the April 2024 edition of the French pulmonary hypertension

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The Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Association, PHA Canada, publishes results of its survey on socio-economic burden of pulmonary hypertension

Last year the Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Association, PHA Canada, conducted a survey to explore the financial and employment impacts of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Canada. The aim of the research was to understand how this condition affects patients’ work and daily activities. The survey also captured information about patients’ need for caregivers and the impact

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Cross-border meeting of French, Swiss and German pulmonary hypertension patients in Ungersheim, France, to celebrate World Pulmonary Hypertension Day 2024 together

On Saturday the 4th of May 2024, a number of pulmonary hypertension patients and their relatives, friends and carers, from Switzerland and Germany joined the French group to celebrate World Pulmonary Hypertension Day together, as has been their custom since 2016. At the initiative of HTaPFrance, the French pulmonary hypertension association, the gathering was held

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Celebrating one year from the Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform launch!

Today, on May 5, World Pulmonary Hypertension Day, the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension celebrates one year since the launch of the Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform! For those of you who have not yet had a chance to visit it, the Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform is: The Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform is an

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On World Pulmonary Hypertension Day 2024 the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension celebrates the importance of sharing knowledge and expertise to empower patients

World Pulmonary Hypertension Day symbolizes the solidarity and unity of the community in facing this condition’s challenges. The members of the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension celebrate this day by emphasising the importance of sharing knowledge and best practices to empower patients, engage the scientific community, and foster collaboration in pulmonary hypertension care. This is the

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Pulmonary hypertension “Question time” organised by the European Lung Foundation Pulmonary Hypertension Patient Advisory Group, May 31, 2024

Coming up on May 31st at 10 am CEST and not to be missed if you are part of the pulmonary hypertension community! The European Lung Foundation (ELF) Pulmonary Hypertension Patient Advisory Group was set up in 2023 and includes patients and patient advocates from a number of patient associations in Europe and in the

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Matt Granato, CEO of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association US, shares his association’s plans for World Pulmonary Hypertension Day 2024

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association‘s CEO Matt J. Granato shares the association’s plans to celebrate the 2024 World Pulmonary Hypertension Day and invites the global PH community to mark this longstanding and important awareness campaign around the theme of “unity”. Read more at this link on the PHA website

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PHA Europe celebrates World Pulmonary Hypertension Day 2024 with a webinar on non pulmonary arterial hypertension forms of pulmonary hypertension

PHA Europe, the European Pulmonary Hypertension Association, is celebrating this year’s World Pulmonary Hypertension Day with a webinar on non pulmonary arterial hypertension forms of pulmonary hypertension, featuring world renowned expert expert Ardeschir Ghofrani as keynote speaker.  May 5, 2024 – 16:00 CET Link: https://belaircenter.info/

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The Fundación Contra la Hipertensión Pulmonar, Spain, has won an important prize for its project on non-invasive remote monitoring for children with pulmonary hypertension

The Spanish Foundation for Pulmonary Hypertension, Fundación Contra la Hipertensión Pulmonar, has been selected as winner of one of the prizes of the “Inocente Foundation” for its project on “Non-invasive Remote Monitoring for children with Pulmonary Hypertension”, which will be carried out at the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital.

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Findings from the UK Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s survey on nutrition and pulmonary arterial hypertension now available

The UK Pulmonary Hypertension Association launched a survey on nutrition and pulmonary arterial hypertension last year in March in which they asked patients about eating habits, food preferences, and cooking or weight management challenges. The findings were announced at the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)’s congress in January 2024 and, more recently, on social media.

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Navigating sex and intimacy while living with pulmonary hypertension, a live webinar organised by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada (PHA Canada), April 29, 20:00 CET

Drs. Vargas and Ventetuolo will discuss sexual health and intimacy for individuals living with pulmonary hypertension and their partners in this PHA Canada live webinar on April 29, 2024. They will explore prior research, clinical observations, and insights gathered from their own interviews and surveys with pulmonary hypertension patients. This webinar aims to shed light

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Full transcripts of the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension’s 2023 webinars now available for in a format that can be translated into 40 languages

The full transcripts of the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension’s 2023 six webinars are now available! The transcripts encapsulate invaluable insights that continue to resonate with current trends and emerging issues, serving as a vital resource for our community. They are now in a format that can be translated into 40 languages, thanks to the embedded

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“Patient Involvement in Guidelines”, a webinar organised by ERKNet and EURORDIS, featuring Matt Bolz-Johnson as speaker, April 22, 2024

Clinical practice guidelines provide essential recommendations for diagnosing and treating medical conditions. In the realm of pulmonary hypertension a groundbreaking milestone has been achieved with the inclusion of two patient representatives, Pisana Ferrari and Gergely Meszaros JD, MSc, as members of the dedicated task force and co-authors of the new guidelines jointly developed by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Respiratory

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The Holland Hybrid Heart consortium receives €11 M grant for its research on a robotic heart for people with severe heart failure

The Holland Hybrid Heart (HHH) consortium brings together universities, higher professional education, companies and patient organisations. The Dutch pulmonary hypertension association Stichting Pulmonale Hypertensie is part of this consortium. The consortium has been awarded a grant of 11 million euros from the National Science Agenda for its research on a soft implantable robotic heart for

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Proud and honoured to introduce the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension’s Scientific Committee

The Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension is very honoured to present its Scientific Committee, featuring some of the world’s most renowned experts in the field of pulmonary hypertension. The Scientific Committee will play a pivotal role in supporting the Alliance’s mission to share knowledge and expertise about pulmonary hypertension via its Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform.

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