American Lung Association Launches Campaign to Support Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Approximately 16 million people in the United States live with COPD, a chronic and progressive lung disease with no cure, but treatments can improve daily symptoms and quality of life. The American Lung Association has launched the Living Well with COPD campaign, a new initiative to support and empower individuals living with COPD in rural and other communities across the U.S. The campaign focuses on providing free one-on-one COPD support, education, and resources tailored for every stage of the disease, with a special emphasis on rural communities.

Key Takeaways:

The American Lung Association's Living Well with COPD campaign targets approximately 16 million people in the U.S. living with COPD.
The campaign provides free one-on-one COPD support, education, and resources tailored for every stage of the disease.
The Lung Health Navigator program is expanding access, offering free and customized one-on-one support to help people throughout their COPD journey.
New educational materials are being created to empower people with COPD to improve communication with their healthcare provider and better understand available COPD treatments.
The Lung Association is supporting rural and other healthcare providers to improve COPD care and treat their patients with COPD more effectively.

Statistics:

Approximately 16 million people in the U.S. live with COPD.
COPD rates are twice as high in rural communities as they are in urban areas.
The Lung Health Navigator program has expanded access to free one-on-one COPD support.
The American Lung Association supports the work of healthcare providers to improve COPD care.

Sources:

American Lung Association
Lung.org/navigator
Lung.org/copd
Lung.org/events
Charity Navigator
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