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Article: Asthma and Allergy Foundation Launches New Local Day-Care Provider Training Program to Help Make Child Care Safer, Healthier for Children with Asthma and Allergies.
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- November 24, 2000
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 2000
To help children with asthma and allergies breathe easier, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Southern California Chapter launched a new program today that teaches area child-care providers how to make their day-care centers and homes safer and healthier for children with asthma and allergies. The first program was held yesterday at the University of Southern California's School for Early Childhood Education.
Asthma has reached epidemic proportions -- a 160 percent increase in the last 20 years -- in children under age five in the ...