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About The EPRS

The “Egyptian Pediatric Respiratory Society (EPRS)” is a multidisciplinary society entirely devoted to pediatric and adolescent respiratory medicine. As a professional society we are dedicated to promote the advancement and continued development of the profession by continuously promoting and advancing basic clinical science, and keeping up to date of professional knowledge, skills and new scientific discoveries in all aspects of childhood respiratory diseases.

Vision Statement

Why do we need pediatric respiratory societies and conferences in Egypt?

countries are experiencing greater impacts and have less capacity to adapt in the future. According to the WHO children living in developing countries suffer a double or even triple burden of disease. This refers to exposures, morbidity and mortality from diseases associated with low levels of development such as acute respiratory infections and diarrhea, as well as newer threats associated with industrialization such as asthma and allergies. When children have both kinds of exposures and are poor and malnourished it represents a triple burden. The WHO is stressing that respiratory diseases lead the list in both emerging and persistent health problems. We know that the origins of many adult chest conditions including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , are determined in early life.
In view of the above mentioned drivers the subspecialty of pediatric respiratory medicine is in a state of constant evolution with the aim of improving the quality of air entering children’s lungs every time they breath .We hope that through our society , in the future, children with and without respiratory problems will be able to breathe better quality air and live a good quality life far apart from environmental and lifestyle hazards.

Mission Statement

In view of the above statement our mission is:

To improve the care of children with respiratory diseases through the dissemination of scientific information and recommendation of desirable standards and guidelines relevant to the specialty to pediatric practitioners and health care providers involved in the care of these children.
Exchanging new scientific information in pediatric respiratory disease through regional, national and international scientific meetings.
To provide a platform for communicating ideas and information between different agencies and organizations concerned with respiratory health of children and the training of physicians and other health care providers to equip them to be our next generation of leaders in this specialty.
To provide a platform for communicating ideas and information between different agencies and organizations concerned with respiratory health of children and the training of physicians and other health care providers to equip them to be our next generation of leaders in this specialty.
Increase public recognition of respiratory health problems in children through working with community representatives and serving as the resource for matters related to pediatric respiratory care to communities of interest to improve the lives of our patients and their families.
To encourage the highest standards of training of professional and health care related persons in pediatric respiratory medicine.
To explore possible partnerships with sister societies sharing the same mission and vision, and elaborating a common agenda.

Who should join the Egyptian Pediatric Respiratory Society?

All individuals interested in improving the respiratory health of children are welcomed to join our society including but not exclusive to: respiratory medicine pediatricians, general pediatricians, pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties, researchers, nurses, respiratory physiologists, physiotherapists, the child and the parent/caregiver and other health-care professionals who are interested in the field of pediatric lung diseases.