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If you are looking for information and resources relating to COPD you may find the following links helpful:
- The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) - The IPCRG is a charitable company that acts as an international umbrella organisation for national primary care respiratory interest groups. This website provides practical resources for respiratory professionals working in community settings across the world, and for patients who want to know more about medical management of respiratory conditions.
- American Lung Association - The American Lung Association is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States. The Association focuses on lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.
- American Association for Respiratory Care - AARC aims to enhance the professionalism of respiratory care practitioners, improve their performance on the job, and help them to broaden the scope of knowledge essential to their success.
- Asian Pacific Society of Respirology - English language site offering the society newsletter, details on membership and an events calendar. Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists - An independent body of UK nurses interested in encouraging and disseminating information on best respiratory clinical practice across the interface between primary and secondary care.
- Australian Lung Foundation (ALF) - The Australian Lung Foundation (ALF) is a not-for-profit, public benevolent institution whose aim is to become recognised by sufferers of lung disease, as well as by all other stakeholders as a reliable source of lung health information and a key promoter of lung health in Australia.
- British Lung Foundation - The BLF supports people affected by lung disease through the individual challenges they will face. Support is the focus of many of their activities, including their nationwide network of Breathe Easy support groups and Baby Breathe Easy parent support groups.
- General Practice Airways Group - A group of nearly 1,000 UK general practitioners with an interest in respiratory diseases that are common in primary care.
- Latin American Thoracic Society (ALAT) - ALAT was set up with the aim of helping to promote the development of Thoracic Medicine in the Latin-American region, and to assist in developing a better understanding of local and regional problems.
