The Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases holds an online ceremony on the 10th 'Lung Day'
Oct 08, 2024
The Korean Society of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (Chairman Chung Man-pyo) announced that it will hold an online ceremony sponsored by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 5 p.m. on October 10 to mark the 21st Lung Day.
At the ceremony, which will be broadcast live on YouTube, there are interesting and colorful sections such as lung health Q&A with respiratory specialists answering viewers' questions, Instagram-tune video screenings made of handwriting contest winners, and promotional ambassadors' 'Challenge' competition.
In addition, the awards ceremony for the 『handwriting contest" and \"step donation campaign" will be held, and the 2024 campaign introduction and results will be announced.
For YouTube viewers who participate in the ceremony in real-time online, we also prepared generous gifts such as coffee gifts.
The 'My Family's Lung Disease Story Handwriting Contest' was conducted for lung disease patients, their families, and medical staff. The grand prize of honor was awarded to Kang Seon-hwa in the Patient and Family category. Let's not leave any regretsIn the medical staff category, Cho Ah-young's 'That disease that's too strange for you, COPD' was selected. The two best-winning works are made by Insta-Toon writers and can be viewed on the society's Instagram page.
Comedian Kim Won-hyo and actor Lim Jung-eun have been active as promotional ambassadors since 2018. At the online ceremony, the two ambassadors will face off with 'Lung Health Rules Challenge'.
During the month-long 'Lung Health Protector' campaign in September, medical staff and the general public joined forces to donate a total of 2,1961,3533 steps. This is 176% of the target of 1.2 billion steps. It is a meaningful pre-campaign in which 7237 people donated more than 100,000 steps.
Chung Man-pyo, chairman of the Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, said "The theme of this year's Lung Day is "Breathless, Signals from My Lung". The goal of this year's campaign is to increase public interest in not only chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but also various lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, without feeling the signals sent by the lungs lightly, such as shortness of breath symptoms. "We also used online media such as YouTube and Instagram to draw more attention to lung disease not only to the elderly population but also to the younger generation." he said.
Since 2003, the society has effectively informed the importance of lung health and health information as well as raising awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also set 'Lung Day' in the second week of October and has been campaigning continuously for more than 20 years.
The Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (COPD) estimates that about 18% of adults over the age of 45 in Korea currently suffer from COPD. It is said that one in five adults over the age of 45, one in three elderly people aged 65 to 75, and about half of smoking men over the age of 65 have the disease. However, he pointed out that the diagnosis rate, which is the rate of diagnosis from a doctor, is only 2.5%. The diagnosis rate of diabetic patients, other chronic diseases, is 65.2% and that of hypertensive patients is 71.4%.
The Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, which celebrates its 71st anniversary in 2024, is a society that boasts history and tradition, and has worked hard to improve public health for various respiratory diseases. By providing lectures and counseling by specialists through YouTube videos, information on respiratory diseases can be easily and comfortably accessed by all ages.
At the ceremony, which will be broadcast live on YouTube, there are interesting and colorful sections such as lung health Q&A with respiratory specialists answering viewers' questions, Instagram-tune video screenings made of handwriting contest winners, and promotional ambassadors' 'Challenge' competition.
In addition, the awards ceremony for the 『handwriting contest" and \"step donation campaign" will be held, and the 2024 campaign introduction and results will be announced.
For YouTube viewers who participate in the ceremony in real-time online, we also prepared generous gifts such as coffee gifts.
The 'My Family's Lung Disease Story Handwriting Contest' was conducted for lung disease patients, their families, and medical staff. The grand prize of honor was awarded to Kang Seon-hwa in the Patient and Family category. Let's not leave any regretsIn the medical staff category, Cho Ah-young's 'That disease that's too strange for you, COPD' was selected. The two best-winning works are made by Insta-Toon writers and can be viewed on the society's Instagram page.
Comedian Kim Won-hyo and actor Lim Jung-eun have been active as promotional ambassadors since 2018. At the online ceremony, the two ambassadors will face off with 'Lung Health Rules Challenge'.
During the month-long 'Lung Health Protector' campaign in September, medical staff and the general public joined forces to donate a total of 2,1961,3533 steps. This is 176% of the target of 1.2 billion steps. It is a meaningful pre-campaign in which 7237 people donated more than 100,000 steps.
Chung Man-pyo, chairman of the Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, said "The theme of this year's Lung Day is "Breathless, Signals from My Lung". The goal of this year's campaign is to increase public interest in not only chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but also various lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, without feeling the signals sent by the lungs lightly, such as shortness of breath symptoms. "We also used online media such as YouTube and Instagram to draw more attention to lung disease not only to the elderly population but also to the younger generation." he said.
Since 2003, the society has effectively informed the importance of lung health and health information as well as raising awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also set 'Lung Day' in the second week of October and has been campaigning continuously for more than 20 years.
The Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (COPD) estimates that about 18% of adults over the age of 45 in Korea currently suffer from COPD. It is said that one in five adults over the age of 45, one in three elderly people aged 65 to 75, and about half of smoking men over the age of 65 have the disease. However, he pointed out that the diagnosis rate, which is the rate of diagnosis from a doctor, is only 2.5%. The diagnosis rate of diabetic patients, other chronic diseases, is 65.2% and that of hypertensive patients is 71.4%.
The Korean Society for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, which celebrates its 71st anniversary in 2024, is a society that boasts history and tradition, and has worked hard to improve public health for various respiratory diseases. By providing lectures and counseling by specialists through YouTube videos, information on respiratory diseases can be easily and comfortably accessed by all ages.
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