Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 5 : 19-Nov-14

The "2014 Global Asthma Report" has been released. Co-author Guy Marks, professor of respiratory medicine at the University of New South Wales’s Woolcock Institute, says the data show that Australia has among the highest rates in the world. Some 10% of the population are affected, with 380 fatalities per annum recorded by the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare. National Asthma Council Australia CEO Kristine Whorlow recently welcomed a funding pledge of the Federal Government for a new national asthma strategy

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NATIONAL ASTHMA COUNCIL AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH LIMITED