World COPD Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) around the world. World COPD Day 2011 will take place on November 16 around the theme "Are you short of breath? You may have COPD! Ask your doctor about a simple breathing test called spirometry."

 

 

Latest World COPD Day News

The World COPD Day 2011 international press release is now available!

Click here to access the press release and a summary of the 2011 GOLD Report.

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Mark your calendar

World COPD Day takes place each year on the second or third Wednesday in November.

WCD 2012: November 14

WCD 2013: November 20