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Article: Global Effort to Raise Allergy Awareness Launched in Sydney
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 15, 2000
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A global effort to raise awareness of allergies was launched in
Sydney on Sunday.
October 16 was designated World Allergy Awareness Day by the
World Allergy Organization-International Association of Allergology
and Clinical Immunology (WAO-IAACI) and the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
The announcement was made at an international allergy conference
in Sydney.
In its inaugural year, World Allergy Awareness Day will focus on
allergic rhinitis, or hay fever, which affects one in four
Australians and costs the Australian health system 120 million
Australian dollars (64.8 million U.S. dollars) annually.
"What's particularly impressive about World Allergy Awareness Day
is that it truly is a ...