World COPD Day 2020: 18 November 

World COPD Day 2020: 18 November 

• World COPD Day is observed on third Wednesday of November every year to raise awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and improve COPD care throughout the world.
• World COPD Day 2020 falls on 18 November 2020.
• The 2020 theme :  Living Well with COPD-Everybody, Everywhere.
• The day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world.
• The first World COPD Day was held in 2002.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a lung disease that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe.