About World Lung Foundation
Our Mission
To improve the lives of individuals across the world by strengthening community capacity to prevent and manage lung disease.
Since 2004, WLF has emerged as a dynamic public health organization with expertise in project management, capacity building, health communications and information, and operational research.
WLF President Louis James de Viel Castel
WLF has experienced exceptional growth and achievement in the past few years. Our funding has increased from $26.3 million in 2007 to $45.3 million in 2008 and $47.2 million in 2009, with 97% of funds committed to providing program services. . . More.
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WLF Running Team
On March 21, World Lung Foundation participated in the annual New York City Half-Marathon in support of asthma treatment. A team of 30 cheerleaders, volunteers and photographers took to the streets of Manhattan to support WLF’s 20 runners, who joined 10,000 international participants on the 13.1-mile route through New York City’s Central Park, Times Square, and west side.
Through the event WLF raised more than $30,000 for treatment of asthma, the chronic lung disease that afflicts nearly 300 million people around the world and causes more than 200,000 deaths each year. WLF is grateful to its runners, volunteers and donors, who were all integral to this success.