Raising Awareness for IPF in Cards and Song

In this gripping video shared in August 2014, Elicia Shepard uses placards to demonstrate how little is known about one of the  biggest killer diseases – idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

Find out more simple facts about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis you should know about here. 

Shepard shows us that although idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis leads to 40,000 deaths each year – approximately the same as breast cancer or prostate cancer – awareness of IPF is incredibly low and only 1% of patients are likely to get a life-saving lung transplant.

Read about IPF patient Diane’s life-changing lung transplant. 

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