Health Service Executive  www.hse.ie
The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for providing Health and Personal Social Services for everyone living in the Republic of Ireland. As outlined in the Health Act, 2004, the objective of the Executive is to use the resources available to it in the most beneficial, effective and efficient manner to improve, promote and protect the health and welfare of the public.

Health Intelligence  www.ich.ie
Health Intelligence is part of Population Health service within the Health Service Executive (HSE) and is responsible for capturing and utilising knowledge to improve health outcomes for the population. Their website contains information on the activities and priorities of Health Intelligence within the Irish health service.

Irish Thoracic Society  www.irishthoracicsociety.com
The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) is the official society for the broad spectrum of healthcare professionals involved in the care of people with chronic or acute respiratory disease in Ireland.

Irish Sleep Apnoea Trust (ISAT)  www.isat.ie
The Irish Sleep Apnoea Trust is a non political, non profit making Patient Support Group for sufferers (and their families) of Sleep Apnoea. ISAT promotes awareness, understanding and information on professional treatment through education research and fund raising.

Respiratory Nurses Association of Ireland  www.nsnm.ie
(Website un-available)

International Links

African Thoracic Society www.africanthoracic.org

Academy of Medicine (Malaysia) www.acadmed.org.my

Albanian Society of Pneumonology No website to date
Alpha-1 Foundation www.alphaone.org

AMA Allied Health Careers www.ama.assn.org

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) www.aaaai.org

American Academy of Nursing www.nursingworld.org

American Academy of Pediatrics www.aap.org

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) www.aasmnet.org

American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACPR) www.aacvpr.org

American Association of Critical Care Nurses www.aacn.org

American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC) www.aarc.org

American Board of Internal Medicine www.abim.org

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology www.allergy.mcg.edu

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) www.chestnet.org

American Federation for Medical Research www.afmr.org

American Heart Association www.americanheart.org

American Lung Association (ALA) www.lungusa.org

American Medical Association (AMA) www.ama-assn.org

American Nurses Association (ANA) www.ana.org

American Physiological Society www.the-aps.org

American Psychological Association (APA) www.apa.org

American Sleep Apnea Association www.sleepapnea.org

American Society of Anesthesiologists www.asahq.org

American Society for Cell Biology www.ascb.org

American Society for Clinical Research www.asci-jci.aa.psiweb.com

American Society for Microbiologists www.asm.org

American Thoracic Society (ATS) www.thoracic.org

Arab Respiratory Society www.imhotep.net/ars.html

ARDS Clinical Network www.hedwig.mgh.harvard.edu/ardsnet 

ARDS Foundation www.ardsusa.org

ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) www.whiar.com

Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS) www.wfsrs.org/iasrs.htm

Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) www.aafa.org

Asthma UK www.asthma.org.uk

Asian Pacific Society of Respirology www.apsresp.org

Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) www.apss.org

Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP) www.artp.org.uk

Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists www.arns.co.uk

Australian Lung Foundation www.lungnet.org.au

Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science www.anzsrs.org.au

Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) www.sleepaus.on.net

Austrian Sleep Research Association [ASRA] www.schlafmedizan.at

B
Belgian Association for the Study of Sleep (BASS) www.belsleep.org

Belgian Society of Sleep Technologists (BSST) www.bsst.be

British Lung Foundation www.blf-org.uk

British Sleep Society www.sleeping.org.uk

British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine www.dentalsleepmed.org.uk

British Thoracic Society www.brit-thoracic.org.uk

C
California Thoracic Society www.thoracic.org/sections/chapters/ca

California Tuberculosis Controllers Association www.ctca.org

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids www.tobaccofreekids.org

Canadian Critical Care Society www.criticalcarerounds.ca

Canadian Lung Association www.lung.ca

Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) www.css.to

Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists www.crst.com

Canadian Thoracic Society www.lung.ca/cts

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov

Chartered Society of Physiotherapists www.csp.org

Chinese Sleep Research Society www.csrs.org.cn

Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis www.coalitionforpf.org

COARC, The Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care www.coarc.com

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs www.caahep.org

Czech Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Society www.sleep-society.cz

D
Danish Sleep Research Society (DSRS) www.dsrs.dk

Dutch Society for Sleep and Wake Research (NSWO) www.kun.nl/nswo

E
EFFORTS: Emphysema Foundation for Our Right to Survive www.emphysema.org

European Federation of Asthma & Allergy Associations (EFA) www.efanet.org

European Lung Foundation (ELF) www.european-lung-foundation.org

European Respiratory Society www.ersnet.org
 

European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) www.esrs.org
 

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine www.esicm.org

European Society of Sleep Technologists www.esst.org
 

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization www.med.umich.edu

F
Family Physician Asthma Group of Canada (FPAGC) www.fpagc.com
 

Federation of Latin American Sleep Societies (FLASS) www.flass.icb.usp.br
 

Finnish Sleep Research Society www.sus.fi
 

Florida Thoracic Society (FTS) www.thoracic.org/sections/chapters/fl
 

French Society of Sleep Research www.sommeil.univ-lyon1.fr

G
General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG) www.gpiag.org
 

German Sleep Society (DGSM) www.uni-marburg.de/sleep
 

Global Initiative for Asthma - GINA (Asthma) www.ginasthma.org
 

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease www.goldcopd.com
 

Georgia Thoracic Society (GTS) www.thoracic.org/sections/chapters/ga

H
Hong Kong Thoracic Society www.fmshk.com.hk

I
Iberic Sleep Research Society www.esrs.org/ibersrs.htm
 

International Primary Care Respiratory Group www.theipcrg.org
 

International Sleep Medicine Association www.1sleep.com
 

International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) www.isam.org
 

International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology www.ohiou.edu/isarp
 

International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine www.intensive.org
 

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease www.iuatld.org
 

Israeli Sleep Medicine Association (ISMA) www.esrs.org/isma.htm
 

Israeli Sleep Research Society (ISRS) www.esrs.org/isrs.htm
 

Italian Association Of Sleep Medicine (AIMS) www.sonnomed.it
 

Italian Society Of Sleep Research [SIRS] www.esrs.org/sirs.htm

 
J
Japanese Sleep Research Society (JSSR)  www.ashitech.ac.jp/jhome/jssr

K
Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases www.lungkorea.com

L
LAM Foundation www.lam.uc.edu
 

Latin American Thoracic Society (ALAT) www.alatorax.com
 

Lungevity Foundation www.lungevity.org


M

Malaysian Thoracic Society www.my-mts.org

N
National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care www.namdrc.org
 

National Association for the Support of Long Term Care www.nasl.org
 

National Board for Respiratory Care www.nbrc.org
 

National Center for Biotechnology Information www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 

National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics www.nchpeg.org
 

National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) www.nhlbi.nih.gov
 

National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) www.nih.gov
 

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) www.niaid.nih.gov
 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) www.nih.gov
 

National League Against Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases www.liguerespir.org.tn
 

National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP) www.nlhep.org
 

National Respiratory Training Center www.nrtc-usa.org
 

National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov
 

National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org/
 

NEUMOPED: Spanish Pneumo-paediatric Society www.neumoped.org
 

Nursing Center for Tobacco Intervention (NCTI) www.con.ohio-state.edu/tobacco

O
Ontario Thoracic Society www.on.lung.ca

P
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine www.pedsccm.wustl.edu
 

Philippines College of Chest Physicians www.phil-chest.org
 

Polish Sleep Research Society www.esrs.org/polishesrs.htm
 

Portugese Sleep Association www.apsono.org
 

Pulmonary Hypertension Association www.phassociation.org
 

Pulmonary Pathology Society www.pulmonarypath.org

R
Royal College of General Practitioners www.rcgp.org.uk
 

Royal College of Physicians www.rcp.org.uk
 

Royal Society of Medicine www.rsm.ac.uk

S
Scandinavian Sleep Research Society www.ssrs.org
 

Scottish Intensive Care Society www.sicebm.org.uk
 

Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation www.sequellafoundation.org
 

Sleep Research Society (SRS) www.srssleep.org
 

Société Algérienne de Pneumophtisiologie
 

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) www.sbmweb.org
 

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) www.sccm.org
 

Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) www.sts.org
 

South African Thoracic Society www.pulmonology.co.za
 

Swedish Sleep Association www.swedishsleepresearch.com
 

Swiss Society of Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology [SSSRSMC] www.swiss-sleep.ch

T
Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine www.tspccm.org.tw
 

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand www.thoracic.org.au
 

Turkish Sleep Research Society www.tsrs.org.tr

W
Washington Thoracic Society (WTS) www.alaw.org
 

Women Against Lung Cancer www.womenagainstlungcancer.org
 

World Federation Of Sleep Research Societies (WFSRS) www.wfsrs.org
 

World Health Organization (WHO) www.who.ch