Asthma
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse.
CDC’s National Asthma Control Program works to help Americans with asthma achieve better health and improved quality of life. The program funds states, school programs, and non-government organizations to help them improve surveillance of asthma, train health professionals, educate individuals with asthma and their families, and explain asthma to the public.
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CDC is pleased to announce availability of Fiscal Year 2020 funds through Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) #CDC-RFA-EH20-2002, “Promoting Asthma Friendly Environments Through Partnerships and Collaborations.”external icon The purpose of this NOFO is to promote evidence-based asthma strategies and interventions through partnerships and collaborations. Recipients will develop partnerships and collaborations using health education and communication strategies that will result in measurable impacts. These strategies are outlined in the CDC asthma technical package, EXHALE pdf icon[PDF – 760 KB].
CDC conducted an informational conference call regarding the NOFO on March 23, 2020 . Questions and responses from this conference call are posted here.