Breathe Well South America launch
The launch event in Lima brought together the multi-disciplinary academic and clinical teams from all the partners for the first time to get to know each other, understand the challenges in each country, to begin to map stakeholders and think about engagement plans, and to develop the protocols. Thanks to the excellent organisation of our Peruvian hosts, we were also able to visit a number of primary and secondary care facilities and policy-makers to understand their challenges in integrating COPD diagnosis and management into their multiple health systems.
This research was funded by the NIHR (Ref. 156261) using UK international development funding from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK government.