© Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)
WORLD COPD DAY
November 17, 2010
SLIDE SHOW
The slides shown in this presentation were provided by
groups carrying out World COPD Day 2010 activities. The
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
(GOLD) organizes World COPD Day, and is appreciative of
the efforts by many groups throughout the world to raise
awareness of COPD, provide programs for early diagnosis
and prevention, and establish effective programs for
patient care.
© Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)
Staff at Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland show off their green
fingers after blowing up dozens of World COPD Day
balloons.
Spirometry screening was a key component of WCD 2010
events organized by the Philippine College of Chest
Physicians.
Professor Zorica Lazic (center) and medical students at the Clinic
of Internal Medicine, Clinical Center of Kragujevac, Serbia, hold
up COPD leaflets they have translated into the local language.
A sign posted in Paraguay by the Sociedad Paraguaya de
Neumología announces free lung health testing for people
who smoke and are above age 40.
A press release from France’s Comité National contre les
Maladies Respiratoires used artwork to give human forms to
COPD in women and men.
Dr. Viswambhar at a public lecture about the health effects of
smoking, part of the WCD program at India’s A.J. Institute of
Medical Sciences.
Dr. Florin Mihaltan, GOLD National Leader in Romania, poses in
front of a spirometry screening stand in Bucharest.
Staff at the Pulmonology Service in Alicante, Spain, marked
WCD by reviewing case reports and comparing the
presentation of COPD in women and men.
A child takes
advantage of
coloring materials
at a COPDawareness stand
organized by
Kuwait’s Ministry
of Health and
Abdul-Aziz Al
Rashid Allergy
Center.
A health professional
from Serbia’s Clinic for
Pulmonary Diseases
distributes leaflets
about COPD in a public
square in Belgrade.