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Guidelines for the management of chronic asthma in adolescents and adults Lalloo U, Ainslie G, Wong M, Abdool-Gaffar S, Irusen E, Mash R, Feldman C, O'Brien J and Jack C Working Group of the South African Thoracic Society S.A. Fam Pract 2007;49(5): 19-31 www.safpj.co.za Levels of Evidence Aims of the Guideline to improve asthma care for the

According to a recent report by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), South Africa has the world's fourth highest asthma death rate among five to 35 year olds. NAEP aims to reduce T reatment Guidelines for Asthma and Expert Opinions. Get Certified in Asthma Care with Accredited To estimate and compare asthma prevalence in Africa in 1990, 2000, and 2010 in order to provide information that will help inform the planning of the public health response to the disease. although many African countries have national guidelines for the management of asthma and Pediatric asthma in Southern Africa. etiologies or associations and treatment guidelines. Asthma is now present in 20% of school-children across Southern Africa, but may not have the same etiological factors commonly seen in the West. Guidelines for asthma management published from South Another alarming statistic from the Global Initiative for Asthma Report: worldwide, asthma causes 346 000 deaths per year. And when it comes to reported asthma deaths, South Africa is in fourth place, worldwide. Between six and 10 percent of adult South Africans have asthma, according to the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ). South African Thoracic Society, South African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, United South African Neonatal Association. Objective. To develop and publish a guideline for doctors managing acute viral bronchiolitis, because this condition is extremely common in South Africa, it is responsible for University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 12Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland; 13Division of Pediatric