Welcome! U.S. COPD Coalition Semi-Annual Business Meeting Our Year - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome! U.S. COPD Coalition Semi-Annual Business Meeting

Our Year in Review

NHLBI Update Gail G. Weinmann, M.D. Deputy Director Division of Lung Diseases National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Public Policy Update A Federal National Action Plan to Address COPD This has NOT been done To date we have achieved • The NIH, NHLBI Federal COPD Workshop http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/COPD-workshop.htm • Public Health Strategic Framework for COPD Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/copd/pdfs/Framework_for_COPD_Prevention.pdf

Public Policy Update The US COPD Coalition has shared a common goal of establishing a COPD program in the Chronic Disease Division To date we have achieved: • BRFSS Data Collection • MMWR Article • State Fact Sheets • Dedicated Fellow at CDC

Public Policy Update The U.S. COPD Coalition has shared a common goal of establishing a National Action Plan to Address COPD With a new Congress we are launching a renewed effort on Capitol Hill in 2015 • Renewed calls for Caucus members • Spring briefing • Letter is circulating among the COPD Congressional Caucus Members asking NIH and CDC to execute previous requests sent by Congress to the Agencies