ASTHMA FACTS

» 23 Million Americans suffer from asthma.
» More people have asthma than cancer or coronary heart disease.
» Asthma is only partially controlled by the best treatments now available.
» There has been no improvement in treatment in over 50 years.

AMERICAN ASTHMA FOUNDATION (AAF) FACTS

» The American Asthma Foundation is the only national organization devoted solely to asthma.
» The American Asthma Foundation’s mission is to improve treatment, prevent, and find a cure for asthma.
» AAF has attracted some of the best scientific minds to work on asthma. As a result of our work, our grantees have made:

• 17 new pathway discoveries
• 3 potential new drugs/treatments which are currently in clinical trials.

Due to the cutting edge research of our scientific partners, we know that increased funding can lead to additional life-changing discoveries for asthma sufferers; please