The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) works with health care professionals and public health officials around the world to raise awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and to improve prevention and treatment of this lung disease.
Through the development of
evidence-based strategy documents for COPD management, and events such
as the annual celebration of World COPD Day, GOLD is working to improve
the lives of people with COPD in every corner of the globe.
The
GOLD report is presented as a “strategy document” for health care
professionals to use as a tool to implement effective management
programs based on available health care systems. GOLD has been
fortunate to have a network of international distinguished health
professionals from multiple disciplines. Many of these experts have
initiated investigations of the causes and prevalence of COPD in their
countries, and have developed innovative approaches for the
dissemination and implementation of the GOLD management strategy. The
GOLD initiative will continue to work with National Leaders and other
interested health care professionals to bring COPD to the attention of
governments, public health officials, health care workers, and the
general public to raise awareness of the burden of COPD and to develop
programs for early detection, prevention and approaches to management.
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