RespiraMi 2024. Recent Advances on Air Pollution and Health

Reducing the incidence and prevalence of modifiable risk factors of noncommunicable diseases is a critical endeavor to tackle the global burden of these ailments that claim several millions lives per year globally, and thus to foster effective initiatives of primary and secondary prevention. Air pollution is one of the most important modifiable risk factors, owing to ubiquitous environmental and household exposure in low-income and high-income countries. With this background, in collaboration with the Environmental Research Group (ERG) of the Imperial College in London, UK, we organize for the fifth time the independent International Seminar RespiraMi, and summon in the Italian city of Milan (IT) an impressive faculty of experts to present the most recent data stemming from research completed in the last few years and to bring up to date present knowledge of the achieved progress.

Thursday, 29^th February - MORNING

SESSION I - New evidence supporting air pollution health risk assessment

SESSION II - Cardiovascular outcomes of air pollution exposure - update on the evidence

Thursday, 29^th February- AFTERNOON

SESSION III - Respiratory outcomes of air pollution exposure - update on the evidence

SESSION IV - Air pollution and neurological and mental disorders - update on the evidence

SESSION V - Cancer outcomes of air pollution exposure - update on the evidence

SESSION VI - Dialogue with Clinicians: Is the evidence on air pollution as a risk factor

Strong enough to be used in clinical practice? What is the role of the general practitioners and specialists in using this evidence?

Friday, 01^st March - MORNING

SESSION VII - AIR pollution and health research in Italy

SESSION VIII - Progress in exposure assesment for epidemiological studies

Friday, 01^st March- AFTRENOON

SESSION IX - Policies and actions to reduce health risks of air pollution

CLOSING DISCUSSION AND REMARKS - What further evidence is needed to support actions to reduce health risks of air pollution in Europe

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