WORLD COPD DAY

Promoting public awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related health care issues by means of public advocacy.

Publication of patient care information and patient care information booklets, pamphlets, fact sheets, and compact discs for primary helath care professionals on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related health care issues; instructing health care professionals about the relevance of the disease and informing the public about the risks, treatments, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.; Educational services, namely, conducting seminars, conferences, and workshops in the field of obstructive pulmonary disease and health care, prevention, treatment therapy, and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and distributing educational materials in connection therewith.

Providing information in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and health care via a website; providing information regarding the international collaboration on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; providing links to web sites of others relating to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and health care; providing health care professionals and public health officials with on-line medical information relating to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and health care via a website