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World Asthma Day 2010 will take place on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The theme will be “You Can Control Your Asthma,” continuing the emphasis on asthma control set out in the latest versions of the GINA guideline documents and highlighted in past WAD events. In addition, this year GINA will be launching a five-year campaign to reduce asthma hospitalizations 50% worldwide through better asthma control.


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World Asthma Day 2010 International Press Release
Improving Asthma Control to Reduce Hospitalizations
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) kicks off five-year campaign on World Asthma Day

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World Asthma Day 2009 International Press Release
Asthma Control in Reach Even for the Youngest Patients
World Asthma Day, new report by international experts bring focus on children under age five with common lung disease

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Links to a few examples of press coverage of World Asthma Day.

Brasil: Bahia lidera ranking de pacientes com asma no país
Date: 5/12/2009
References: TV report on asthma in Brazil, from a network in the state of Bahia and rebroadcast nationally.
Country:Brazil
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World Asthma Day today: Asthma control is appalling in most countries
Date: 5/6/2008
References: Assam Times. Editorial also published in other newspapers in India, New Zealand, and the United States.
Country:India
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