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Breathe Well

Building REsearch Across THE WorLd in Lung disease
A close-up of a colourful 3-D model of a paid of lungs, showing the red, blue, white and red arteries inside.

Working with partners in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care.

With around 400m people affected globally, COPD is the third leading cause of mortality worldwide with 80% of the burden falling in LMICs. However, the majority remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated.

Our goal is to foster research in primary care and the community to improve the diagnosis, management and prognosis of COPD patients in LMICs. Together with our partners we aim to:

  • Develop and consolidate sustainable collaborations and shared vision
  • Strengthen local research capacity in the partner countries in community-based COPD research and generic population research methods
  • Co-create local plans for evaluating approaches for identifying undiagnosed COPD in the community, adapted to cultural needs and local healthcare infrastructure
  • Adapt evidence-based behavioural approaches for management of COPD according to cultural needs and the local healthcare infrastructure and assess the feasibility of their implementation
  • Build a robust platform for future collaborative research with the partner countries and other similar settings.

Contact us

For more information, please contact breathewell@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

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