The Algerian Association of Solidarity with Respiratory Patients Asmaresp called in Algiers, the authorities concerned, including the Ministry of Health, to take care of patients suffering from COPD. During a press conference held on the sidelines of a lively conference on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of COPD, the president of the association, Rachid Sadaoui, declared that "this disease is currently the The third fatal disease after cancers and heart disease in the world ".