COPD, asthma cited as important contributors to disease burden worldwide

In 2015, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contributed to 3.2 million deaths worldwide and asthma contributed to 0.4 million deaths. These statistics demonstrate the significant impact of these respiratory diseases and a need for better policies to improve access to and quality of existing interventions for prevention and treatment, according to findings published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.....

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15m Nigerians live with asthma

Talk about lung diseases, and tuberculosis and asthma come to mind.
An estimated 15 million Nigerians live with asthma alone, and many are dying, according to Initiative for Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IPCTLD).
The nongovernment organisation joined worldwide campaign against TB, lung diseases and non communicable diseases this week but its primary focus is Nigeria.....

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Asthma Society warns Kildare schools to have asthma inhaler in their first aid kit
OVER 9,100 ASTHMATIC CHILDREN IN KILDARE

As over 9,100 asthmatic children return to school in Kildare, the Asthma Society has warned that every school should have an asthma inhaler in their first aid kit in case of an emergency.
However, two years after a new scheme was put in place by then Minister for Health Leo Varadkar TD not a single school has received an emergency asthma inhaler under it.
This, combined with some teachers’ reluctance to administer asthma medication, is putting children’s lives at risk.....

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