Lung Foundation Biography
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World Lung Foundation (WLF) is a
non-profit foundation established in 2004 to support private organizations and
government agencies, who work to improve lung health, predominantly in low- and
middle-income countries. WLF provides financial and technical assistance to
governments and non-government organizations in four priority areas: Health
Communications and Information, Capacity
Building
The goal of the Initiative is
to reduce tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries, where 80% of the 6
million deaths resulting from tobacco use took place in 2011. WLF = funds and
supports mass media ad campaigns on the harmful effects of smoking and other
forms of tobacco use. WLF has supported 80 tobacco control mass media campaigns
in 20 countries. WLF disbursed millions from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to The International Union against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), the World Health Organization, the
Framework Convention Alliance, and the CDC Foundation to strengthen their
tobacco control activities and to support its own mass media programs. Other
partners in the Bloomberg Initiative are Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. With financial support from
Bloomberg Philanthropies, WLF has implemented an emergency maternal health
obstetrics program in theKigoma, Morogoro, and Pwani provinces of Tanzania . The
program has trained 50 non-physician clinicians to deliver babies via cesarian
section if needed, and midwives to assist in obstetrics care. In addition, WLF
has renovated twelve rural health care centers and upgraded five district
hospitals. This includes building three new maternity wards and operating
theatres that are fully equipped with surgical equipment and reliable supplies
of electricity and clean water. 26 staff houses have also been built.
WLF helped fund Asia's first International Tuberculosis
Center , which opened in Manila in 2008. The
facility provides treatment, research, training and a steady supply of
medications to combat Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the Philippines and across Asia .
Since the opening of the center, dozens of clinicians from around the world
have been trained on the best prevention, diagnosis and treatment techniques
for MDR-TB. Patients are not allowed to take
pressurised oxygen cylinders on board a flight from an outside source so they
must rely on the airline to provide their oxygen. Policies for oxygen
supplementation vary between airline carriers so passengers with lung problems
should check before travelling. Oxygen may not be available during take-off and
landing. Some airlines allow passengers to
use portable oxygen concentrators, although there may be rules about which
models can be used. These devices are capable of providing 1-5 litres of 90%
oxygen per minute and need an external power supply for long haul flights but
are not yet widely available to all passengers. Airlines often carry a limited
supply of oxygen to be used in a medical emergency. If a patient is seriously
ill during a flight, cabin crew have the ability to contact emergency medical
support if they need to make a diversion before their final destination.
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