en Pulmonary Disease Pulmonary Disease Original Research Original Research <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Lower respiratory tract infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tuberculosis, and lung cancer are among the leading 10 causes of death worldwide. The Board of Respiratory Diseases Research Network (RDRN), a sub-committee of the Iranian Non-Communicable Diseases Committee (INCDC) is particularly concerned that there should be a coordinated National strategy to address the burden caused by chronic respiratory diseases.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Methods:</b> Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) has decided to give promotion to the establishment of research networks and use them as the milestones for research management, particularly for the national health priorities. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Results:</b> National Service Framework (NSF), which was designed for Chronic Respiratory Diseases, is one of the main outcomes of the chronic respiratory diseases sub-committee of INCDC. The main seven strategies were represented by the Steering Committee in 2010 for a period of 10 years. Successful development and implementation of our goals provide the CRDs sub-committee of INCDC with the opportunity to develop a paradigm to prevent chronic respiratory diseases. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> A stronger national plan for controlling chronic respiratory diseases will ensure stronger advocacy to support respiratory health at national, sub-national, and regional levels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Framework, Network, Iran 1330 1333 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-7242-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mostafa Ghanei mghaneister@gmail.com 200319475328460075508 200319475328460075508 No Chemical Injuries Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisoning Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hooman Sharifi drhooman2000@yahoo.com 200319475328460075509 200319475328460075509 Yes Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Masjedi mrmasjedi@gmail.com 200319475328460075510 200319475328460075510 No Iranian Anti Tobacco Association, Tehran, Iran Mehdi Najmi dr_mnaji@yahoo.com 200319475328460075511 200319475328460075511 No Chronic Respiratory Diseases Office, Center for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Deputy of Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Hamidreza Jamaati hamidjamaati@hotmail.com 200319475328460075512 200319475328460075512 No Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Alireza Shoghli shoghli@yahoo.com 200319475328460075513 200319475328460075513 No Social Medical Department, Zanjan Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zanjan, Iran Mehdi Fathi saeidfathi2012@gmail.com 200319475328460075514 200319475328460075514 No Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran