The World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in shaping the medical community’s approach to pulmonary hypertension and its aftermath.

• The WHO organized the first World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) in October 1973 in Geneva, Switzerland.
• The aim of the meeting was to aggregate and share the existing knowledge on pulmonary hypertension, convening specialists from various disciplines.
• Since then, the WHO has defined five different groups of pulmonary hypertensions based on different causes.
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Action plan

1. write on preparation background.
2. Who participates.
3. the main points of discussion
4. the outcome
5. them main documentation

References and Bibliography

1. Primary pulmonary hypertension : report on a WHO meeting, Geneva, 15-17 October 1973 / edited by Shuichi Hatano and Toma Strasse
2. The importance of the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension
3. Estimates of Prevalence of Pulmonary Hypertension according to Different International Definitions