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Asthma SA aims to reduce the burden of ill health from asthma and reduce the economic burden it creates to families and individuals. We help them achieve the best possible quality of life.
Asthma - a major challenge
- Asthma affects the lives of 300,000 South Australians. One in four children has asthma
- Asthma is responsible for
one death each week in South Australia.
- Asthma is a major cause
of lost time in schools and workplaces
- Asthma is the most common
chronic illness in children and adolescents
- Asthma causes more medical
admissions of young children to public hospitals throughout South Australia
than anything else
- Asthma is a disease of the
affluent developed countries and is thought to be substantially influenced
by the environment.
What Asthma SA does
Asthma SA develops programs to influence every aspect of life which
can be affected by asthma - this includes food, home, leisure and work
issues.
According to The National Asthma Campaign education and awareness are
the keys to reducing the morbidity and mortality from asthma. We provide
essential information about managing asthma to the community. We train
Health Professionals in the latest asthma information, and we try to raise
awareness of asthma to the wider community to make them asthma aware.
We provide Asthma Emergency and First Aid Training in schools and sports
clubs. We operate a free Telephone Asthma Advice Line and produce free
brochures and leaflets.
Contact Asthma South Australia 
Office Address:
329 Payneham Road
ROYSTON PARK SA 5070
Postal Address:
PO Box 146
MARDEN SA 5070
Telephone: (08) 8362 6272
Country Helpline: 1800 645 130
Fax: (08) 8362 2818
Email: info@asthmasa.org.au
Website: www.asthmasa.org.au
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