Health Affairs in Jeddah launched the activities of the World Asthma Day at the Andalus Mall, in the presence of the Assistant Director General of Public Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Sahafi, and aims to educate citizens and residents about asthma problems and ways to protect from exposure to it. The journalist said that asthma is not a problem only for high-income countries, as it appears in all countries regardless of the level of development in it and most of the deaths resulting from it occur in low-income countries and those belonging to the lower middle income group, a disease that places a heavy burden on individuals and families. It often restricts the activities of individuals for life. Pointing out that the administration was keen to provide asthma clinics in all of its health centers. It also trained the medical, nursing and pharmaceutical staff on methods of dealing with it, through continuous sessions, which contributed to a decrease in asthma in Jeddah.
For her part, Director of Public Health Awareness Section in Jeddah Dr. Munir Al-Hamar said that it is necessary to educate the community and asthma patients with it and teach them how to use asthma treatment in the correct way to avoid the deterioration of their cases.
The coordinator of the asthma program, Dr. Noha Filemban, stressed the need to follow-up with chronic disease clinics represented in the asthma clinic to reach the degree of disease control, as well as the importance of the work of measuring the force of bloating for all patients in each visit, stressing the availability of asthma medications in all health centers.
