Looking after our lungs starting with AI-powered screening

The portable X-ray machine (held by an NCSM staff member here) is so small that it can be packed in cabin luggage and carried onto planes for programmes in East Malaysia. — Photos: NCSM

A “Cinderella disease” – that is how World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases José Luis Castro describes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

This is because it is a common, costly and devastating, yet too often overlooked, condition.