Of the 138,000 children in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), 14,000 students are affected by asthma. Asthma contributes to school absences and can lead to serious health complications. To address this growing problem, CMS collaborated with the Mecklenburg County Health Department and founded the Asthma Education Program in 2003. CMS is now a recognized leader in asthma and indoor air quality management.

This FREE webinar will take place on Thursday, September 27th 2012 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Register today, the deadline to register is 8:00 pm Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Check out the article that appeared in the April edition of NJ Family Magazine on sports triggering a child's asthma symptoms!

Does your preschool child have asthma? If so, then it is important that your child is in a child care program that is asthma friendly. Tell your child's teacher about the PACNJ Asthma Friendly Child Care Program Award and to go to www.pacnj.org to learn more!

The NJ Asthma Symposium took place on Thursday, August 9th, 2012 and was a great success with over one hundred attendees! The program was designed to provide NJ health care providers with the information to diagnose and treat asthma in accordance with the latest Guidelines from the 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP), coordinated by the National heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), as the latest set of clinical practice recommendations for asthma, including environmental controls.

Learn and Teach about Asthma, a continuing education program, was held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, MA on May 19, 2012 in recognition of Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. With over 40 participants in attendance, this year's course was a huge success by all accounts.

Breathless in Mobile, gets Community to Act

Frederick Memorial Hospital promotes Asthma Awareness Day with a day of exercise and learning activities for area children struggling with this condition.