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ORIGINALARTICLE TheImpactofaProgramforControlofAsthmaina Low-IncomeSetting AlvaroA.Cruz,MD,PhD,1 AdelmirSouza-Machado,MD,PhD,2 RosanaFranco,MD,PhD,3 CarolinaSouza-Machado,MSc,4 EduardoV.Ponte,MD,PhD,5 PabloMouraSantos,MSc,5 andMaurícioL.Barreto,MD,PhD6 INTRODUCTION sthmaisassociatedwithemergencyroomvisits,riskof hospitalizations,anddeaths.Asthmaexacerbationsplace 1 aconsiderableburdenonthehealthcaresystem. According toWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)estimates,300million peoplehaveasthmaand250,000dieeveryyear. Mostofthe deaths are preventable with treatment, which is often not affordab