City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0041R

• File #: 08-0041R
• Version: 0
• Name: May - Asthma Awareness Month & May 6 - World Asthma Day
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/5/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/5/2008
• Title: May - Asthma Awareness Month & May 6 - World Asthma Day FOR the purpose of joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in celebrating May as Asthma Awareness Month in the national effort to raise awareness and educate people about comprehensive asthma management; endorsing the efforts of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the World Asthma Day initiative to call attention to the need for better global asthma treatment and control; and recognizing the Baltimore City Health Department for the comprehensive asthma treatment services it offers to the citizens of Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, President Young, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Edward Reisinger, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/5/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
5/5/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
5/5/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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May - Asthma Awareness Month & May 6 - World Asthma Day

FOR the purpose of joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in celebrating May as Asthma Awareness Month in the national effort to raise awareness and educate people about comprehensive asthma management; endorsing the efforts of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the World Asthma Day initiative to call attention to the need for better global asthma treatment and control; and recognizing the Baltimore City Health Department for the comprehensive asthma treatment services it offers to the citizens of Baltimore City.
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Asthma is a serious, life-threatening respiratory disease that affects over 20 million Americans. Rates of asthma have risen sharply over the past 30 years, particularly among children ages 5 to 14. Although there is no cure, asthma can be controlled through medical treatment and management of environmental asthma triggers such as secondhand smoke, dust mites, mold, cockroaches and pests, and household pets.

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that in Maryland, as a whole, asthma and its complications continue to disproportionately affect the very young, the elderly, African-Americans, low-income individuals, and individuals in certain jurisdictions, particularly Baltimore City – where re...