When is World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day?

World COPD Day is the Wednesday of the third week of June 165438+ 10 every year.

The World Health Organization has designated the Wednesday of the third week of June 165438+ 10 as the World COPD Day every year, aiming to help people improve their understanding of COPD and improve the current situation of insufficient diagnosis of COPD.

According to the estimation of the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the world, but it may rise to the third leading cause of death in the world by 2020. With the active initiative of multinational respiratory experts, 165438+20021October 20th officially became the first World COPD Day.

To this end, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) proposed the establishment of World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. Since 2002, the World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day will be held on the Wednesday of the third week of June165438+1October every year. The theme of the first World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day was "raising disease awareness", and the slogan of "breathing for life" was put forward.

Theme of World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day:

2003165438+1October 19 Theme: Take care of the lungs and make breathing more enjoyable; 2005 165438+1October16 Theme: Breathe easily, no longer helpless. June 2006 5438+065438+1October 15 The theme of the fifth World COPD Day is "Breathe easily, no longer helpless".

2012165438+1October 14 The theme of the 11th World COPD Day is "It's not too late". 2013165438+1October 20th The theme of the 2nd World COPD Day is "It's never too late to pay attention to COPD".

2015165438+10 month 18 is the 12 world chronic obstructive pulmonary disease day with the theme of "understanding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its complications and breathing for life"; 165438+ 10 month 16, 2022 is the 2nd1World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day with the theme of "lung life".

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