[转贴]World COPD Day is coming！

World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. Its aim is to raise awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and improve COPD care throughout the world

Each year GOLD chooses a theme and coordinates preparation and distribution of World COPD Day materials and resources. World COPD Day activities are organized in each country by health care professionals, educators, and members of the public who want to help reduce the burden of COPD.

The first World COPD Day was held in 2002. Each year organizers in more than 50 countries worldwide have carried out activities, making the day one of the world's most important COPD awareness and education events.

<DIV class=content> World COPD Day 2005 will be held on Wednesday, November 16. The theme of this year's event, "Breathless not Helpless!" emphasizes to people who may have COPD but have not yet been diagnosed that breathlessness is not just an inevitable part of getting older, and there is something they can do about their symptoms. It is also a positive message to COPD patients themselves, conveying that effective treatments are available to help COPD patients feel better and live more active lives</DIV>

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帖子放大了，以便与大家看。我想，若我们不加强防范COPD，可能比SARS更厉害！因为COPD隐蔽性更强，不知不觉你已经成为COPD患者中的一员。