Pneumofight VR Project
11 de July de 2024
Pneumofight VR is a proposal for an immersive experience that allows both children (between 9 and 16 years old) and adults (adults and elderly people, and healthcare personnel) to understand what pneumonia is, its complications, and risk factors. and the importance of preventive measures, including vaccines. Pneumonia is a lung infection that kills more than two million people each year worldwide. Its severity depends greatly on the patient’s health and age, and can be life-threatening.
The main objective of this project would be to raise people’s awareness about the risks of pneumonia and the importance of preventing it, encourage and introduce children to basic knowledge about pneumonia, and emphasize the importance of vaccines. It would also provide information on the main risks causing pneumonia, and on the role of viruses and bacteria in this disease.
Pneumofight would be part of the Global Pneumonia Awareness Campaign – PneumoLight (non-profit campaign) which is a member of the Every Breath Counts Coalition.
PneumoLight
PneumoFight presentation
Catia Cillóniz (PhD, FERS, del Hospital Clínico de Barcelona y Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases, IDIBAPS and Ciberes Associate Professor de la Universidad de Barcelona), presented the project at the 7th Separ Patients Forum that took place within the 57th SEPAR Congress.
The Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) is the Scientific Society that brings together more than 5,900 respiratory health professionals in Spain, that is, practically all pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons and Nursing and Respiratory Physiotherapy, along with others. national and foreign specialists, with common interests. Its objective is to work on scientific projects that advance pulmonology and thoracic surgery and carry out initiatives on respiratory health that have a positive impact on society.
The SEPAR National Congress is the first Spanish-speaking international congress, being a reference and meeting point for the entire respiratory scientific community. This annual meeting is a magnificent opportunity to learn first-hand about the main scientific and technological advances in respiratory pathology. It was held on June 6, 7 and 8, 2024 in Valencia.
During the 57th National Congress of SEPAR, the 7th Forum of patients with respiratory diseases Breathing Together was held, organized by the SEPAR patients Committee. Catia Cillóniz presented the Pnemofight Project at the Forum, winning third place for best project.
We are very happy to collaborate with PneumoLight in the development proposal of the PneumoFight Project, which if carried out will surely help both adults and health professionals as well as children to know the particularities of this disease, which can be very serious in various cases. Being able to observe in an experiential and immersive way all the phases of pneumonia, its complications and risk factors and the importance of preventive measures will surely be useful in many areas. Raising awareness among the population about the importance of preventive measures is also of great help to the medical and scientific community.
