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 PRINTER'S NO.
3695
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
795
Session of 2010
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, BEAR, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BRIGGS,BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DALEY,DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD,FLECK, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, HELM, HENNESSEY,HESS, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, McGEEHAN,MICCARELLI, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MURPHY, MURT,MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYTON, PHILLIPS,READSHAW, REESE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI,SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STABACK, STURLA, SWANGER, THOMAS,TRUE, VULAKOVICH AND WHEATLEY, MAY 3, 2010INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 3,2010A RESOLUTIONRecognizing May 4, 2010, as "World Asthma Day 2010" inPennsylvania.WHEREAS, "World Asthma Day 2010" will take place on May 4,2010; andWHEREAS, This year's event will carry the theme "You CanControl Your Asthma"; andWHEREAS, This theme is consistent with the emphasis on asthmacontrol set out in the latest versions of the Global Initiativefor Asthma (GINA) guideline documents and will help to spreadthe word that asthma control is the goal of treatment and can beachieved in the vast majority of asthma patients with propermanagement; andWHEREAS, "World Asthma Day" is organized by GINA in
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collaboration with the Pennsylvania Asthma Partnership to raiseawareness about asthma and improve asthma care throughout theworld; andWHEREAS, Each year GINA chooses a theme and organizespreparation and distribution of "World Asthma Day" materials andresources; andWHEREAS, "World Asthma Day" activities are organized in eachcountry by health care professionals, educators and members ofthe public who want to help reduce the burden of asthma; andWHEREAS, The first "World Asthma Day" in 1998 was celebratedin more than 35 countries in conjunction with the first worldasthma meeting held in Barcelona, Spain; andWHEREAS, Participation has increased with each "World AsthmaDay" held since then, and the day has become one of the world'smost important asthma awareness and education events; andWHEREAS, Many Americans are afflicted with asthma, a seriouschronic lung disease, caused by continual airway inflammationpunctuated by episodes or attacks of increased inflammationoften in response to specific triggers; andWHEREAS, These attacks, characterized by difficulty inbreathing, occasionally are extreme and constitute a medicalemergency; andWHEREAS, Over the past two decades, the burden of asthma inthe United States has greatly increased; andWHEREAS, More recent data about asthma-relatedhospitalizations and mortality appear to indicate that asthmaprevalence has stabilized and improved levels of diseasemanagement have helped to mitigate asthma's effects; andWHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Asthma Partnership is comprised ofdedicated professionals, consumers, pharmacies, environmental20100HR0795PN3695
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