ISRV Mission
ISRV’s charitable mission is the relief of sickness and the preservation of health by promoting the prevention, detection, treatment and control of influenza and other respiratory virus diseases throughout the world.
ISRV exchanges and disseminates information through facilitating the interaction of scientists and public health specialists to promote international collaborative efforts against influenza and other respiratory virus diseases.
The aims of the charitable company are generally achieved by the sharing of information and stimulating interaction between researchers and others regarding influenza and other respiratory virus diseases through a scientific journal, a website, and scientific conferences including the Society’s flagship congress, Options for the Control of Influenza, and a variety of other Special Interest Group (SIG) conferences and activities dependent on specialist knowledge. In recent years the Society has developed an increasing breadth of focus, with the School of Influenza being expanded to include other respiratory viruses, event planning for International Meetings on Respiratory Pathogens (IMRP) and the inclusion prominence of the International Respiratory Syncytial Virus Society (IRSVS) as a SIG with RSV conferences planned every two years. A rolling programme of events is essential to meeting the Society’s objectives, whereby scientists and clinicians can share the latest research and clinical applications in the treatment and prevention of influenza and other respiratory virus diseases and to raise awareness among policy-makers.
Another of ISIRV’s charitable aims is to provide financial support to enable early career scientists and scientists from developing countries to attend ISIRV meetings and other respiratory virus-related conferences, who otherwise could not afford to do so. The Society continues to look at ways to increase this type of support, including recognition awards for early career scientists and setting up designated funds for this purpose.
ISRV is a membership organization, and individuals can join and become involved in society activities, benefit from reduced event and journal publication fees, and to attend an Annual General Meeting (AGM).