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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 2009 took place on November 18 around the theme Breathless not Helpless!



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WCD 2009 slideshow
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On World COPD Day, November 18, 2009, dozens of events in countries around the world showed that COPD patients are "Breathless not Helpless!"

Read about World COPD Day 2009 events and activities

Do you have questions about COPD and the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus?

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

WCD 2010: November 17

WCD 2011: November 16


Information for COPD Patients
GOLD resources to help you learn about COPD, its treatment, and living with the disease.

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