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The Virginia Asthma Coalition (VAC) is a group of organizations and individuals devoted to reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with asthma. Organized in the spring of 1998, the Coalition has spearheaded the development and passage of model legislation to provide better access to asthma medications in schools, assisted with the development of an emergency services program on asthma, the development of a low literacy asthma education module for children and their parents, and an asthma action plan for use by Virginia schools. More recently the VAC has collaborated with the Virginia Department of Health to strengthen regional coalitions and to organize statewide activities. This process has led to the development of the Virginia Asthma Control Plan.
Next VAC Meeting: November 18, 2009
Virginia Support of Local Asthma Projects funding was awarded to 10 well-crafted projects to be carried out throughout the state. Click here to learn more.
The Institute of Medicine recently launched Ending the Tobacco Problem: Resources for Local Action, a new tobacco cessation website aimed at providing community coalitions with information to take action in their local communities. Click here for more information.
Videos on childhood asthma, elderly asthma, and asthma in the Hispanic/Latino community have been produced by the DC Department of Health and are available free to download and use for health promotion.
November 5, 2009: Tobacco Use Control Project Annual Meeting
