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What is going to change?

Tuesday 4 May 2010, 5:13PM

By The Asthma Foundation

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World Asthma Day: what is going to change?

By the Asthma Foundation

Another World Asthma Day rolls around (4 May) and still New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world and the illness is the leading reason for New Zealand children being hospitalised.

About 1 in 4 New Zealand children has asthma and 1 in 6 adults. What is the Government going to do about the enormous toll that asthma takes on New Zealand and its people?



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