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GOLD

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The <B>G</B>lobal Initiative for Chronic <B>O</B>bstructive <B>L</B>ung <B>D</B>isease (GOLD), a collaborative project of the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Its goals are to increase awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulomonary disease) and to decrease morbidity and mortality from it.

GOLD aims to improve prevention and management of COPD through a concerted worldwide effort of people involved in all facets of health care and health care policy, and to encourage a renewed research interest in this extremely prevalent disease

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