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Progress to date

Sites Completed	Sites in progress
Algeria: Algiers, Annaba	Albania: Tirana
Australia: Sydney	Bangladesh: Dhaka
Austria: Salzburg	Benin: Cotonou
Canada: Vancouver	Cameroon: Douala
China: Guangzhou (Pilot)	Colombia: Barranquilla
Estonia: Tartu	Cuba: Havana
Germany: Hanover	Gabon: Lambarene
Iceland: Reykjavik	India: Mysore
India: Mumbai, Pune, Kashmir	Kenya: Nairobi
Morocco: Fes	Kyrgystan: Bishkek
Netherlands: Maastricht	Malawi: Khoronga,  Mukhinge
Nigeria: Ile-Ife	Malaysia: Penang
Norway: Bergen	Nigeria: Maduguri
Philippines: Manila, Nampicuan,Talugtug	Oceania: Fiji
Poland: Krakow	Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
Portugal: Lisbon	Sri Lanka: Colombo
South Africa: Cape Town	Sudan: Khartoum
Sweden: Uppsala	Trinidad&Tobago: Port of Spain
Tunisia: Sousse
Turkey: Adana (Pilot)
UK: London
USA: Lexington

Research Teams at Centers

NanShan Zhong (PI),  Shengming Liu, Jiachun Lu, Pixin Ran, Dali Wang, Jingping Zheng, Yumin Zhou (Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China); Ali Kocabaş (PI),  Attila Hancioglu,  Ismail Hanta, Sedat Kuleci, Ahmet Sinan Turkyilmaz, Sema Umut, Turgay Unalan  (Cukurova University School of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Adana, Turkey); Michael Studnicka (PI), Torkil Dawes, Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirhofer (Paracelsus Medical University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Salzburg Austria); Eric Bateman (PI), Anamika Jithoo (PI), Desiree Adams, Edward Barnes, Jasper Freeman, Anton Hayes, Sipho Hlengwa, Christine Johannisen, Mariana Koopman, Innocentia Louw, Ina Ludick, Alta Olckers, Johanna Ryck, Janita Storbeck, (University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa); Thorarinn Gislason (PI), Bryndis Benedikdtsdottir, Kristin Jörundsdottir, Lovisa Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Gunnar Gundmundsson, (Landspitali University Hospital, Dept. of Allergy, Respiratory Medicine and Sleep, Reykjavik, Iceland); Ewa Nizankowska-Mogilnicka (PI) , Jakub Frey, Rafal Harat, Filip Mejza, Pawel Nastalek, Andrzej Pajak, Wojciech Skucha, Andrzej Szczeklik,Magda Twardowska, (Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland); Tobias Welte (PI), Isabelle Bodemann, Henning Geldmacher, Alexandra Schweda-Linow (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany); Amund Gulsvik (PI), Tina Endresen, Lene Svendsen (Department of Thoracic Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway); Wan C. Tan (PI), Wen Wang (iCapture Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); David M. Mannino (PI), John Cain, Rebecca Copeland, Dana Hazen, Jennifer Methvin, (University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA); Renato B. Dantes (PI), Lourdes Amarillo, Lakan U. Berratio, Lenora C. Fernandez, Norberto A. Francisco, Gerard S. Garcia, Teresita S. de Guia, Luisito F. Idolor, Sullian S. Naval, Thessa Reyes, Camilo C. Roa, Jr., Ma. Flordeliza Sanchez, Leander P. Simpao (Philippine College of Chest Physicians, Manila, Philippines); Christine Jenkins (PI), Guy Marks (PI), Tessa Bird, Paola Espinel, Kate Hardaker, Brett Toelle (Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia), Peter GJ Burney (PI), Caron Amor, James Potts, Michael Tumilty, Fiona McLean (National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London), E.F.M. Wouters, G.J. Wesseling (Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands), Cristina Bárbara (PI), Fátima Rodrigues, Hermínia Dias, João Cardoso, João Almeida, Maria João Matos, Paula Simão, Moutinho Santos, Reis Ferreira (The Portuguese Society of Pneumology, Lisbon, Portugal), Christer Janson (PI), Inga Sif Olafsdottir, Katarina Nisser, Ulrike Spetz-Nyström, Gunilla Hägg and Gun-Marie Lund (Department of Medical Sciences: Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Uppsala University, Sweden), Rain Jõgi (PI), Hendrik Laja, Katrin Ulst, Vappu Zobel, Toomas-Julius Lill (Lung Clinic, Tartu University Hospital), Parvaiz A Koul (PI), Sajjad Malik, Nissar A Hakim, Umar Hafiz Khan (Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, J&K, India); Rohini Chowgule (PI) Vasant Shetye, Jonelle Raphael, Rosel Almeda, Mahesh Tawde, Rafiq Tadvi, Sunil Katkar, Milind Kadam, Rupesh Dhanawade, Umesh Ghurup (Indian Institute of Environmental Medicine, Mumbai, India); Imed Harrabi (PI), Myriam Denguezli, Zouhair Tabka, Hager Daldoul, Zaki Boukheroufa, Firas Chouikha, Wahbi Belhaj Khalifa (Faculté de Médecine,Sousse, Tunisia); Luisito F. Idolor (PI), Teresita S. de Guia, Norberto A. Francisco, Camilo C. Roa, Fernando G. Ayuyao,  Cecil Z.Tady, Daniel T. Tan, Sylvia Banal-Yang, Vincent M. Balanag, Jr., Maria Teresita N. Reyes, Renato. B. Dantes (Lung Centre of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital, Nampicuan&Talugtug, Philippines);  Sundeep Salvi (PI), Sundeep Salvi (PI), Siddhi Hirve, Bill Brashier, Jyoti Londhe , Sapna Madas,  Somnath Sambhudas,  Bharat Chaidhary, Meera Tambe, Savita Pingale,  Arati Umap, Archana Umap, Nitin Shelar, Sampada Devchakke, Sharda Chaudhary, Suvarna Bondre, Savita Walke, Ashleshsa Gawhane, Anil Sapkal, Rupali Argade, Vijay Gaikwad (Vadu HDSS, KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune, Chest Research Foundation (CRF), Pune India); Mohamed C Benjelloun (PI), Chakib Nejjari, Mohamed Elbiaze, Karima El Rhazi (Laboratoire d’épidémiologie, Recherche Clinique et Santé Communautaire, Fès, Morroco);Daniel Obaseki (PI), Gregory Erhabor, Olayemi Awopeju, Olufemi Adewole (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria);Samya Taright (PI), Moufida Benkadour,Youcef Aouchiche, Karim Khennouf (medecin faculty of Algiers);Hamid Hacene Cherkaski (PI), Rachid Benali, Feryal Atoui, Randa Yakoubi, Soumaya Boudraa , Maamar Nassim Ghit, Abdelhamid Rouabhia, Tabarek Haddad, Amira Bengraït, Ibtissem Zgaoula,Abdelghani Bencheikh (Faculté de Médecine, Annaba, Algérie)