Global Asthma Report 2011 launched
The Global Asthma Report 2011 shows the tools to manage asthma exist but are not reaching many of the 235 million people affected. To highlight the issues surrounding this major non-communicable disease, The Union and the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) have collaborated to produce the Global Asthma Report 2011.
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The 193 UN Member States have now agreed on a Political Declaration to
> put forward to the UN Summit on NCDs on 19-20 September. The Union and
> the NCD Alliance welcome this strongly words agreement, although it
> falls short in several areas, notably an overarching goal and set of time-bound targets.