Asthma affects an estimated 300 million individuals worldwide. Annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated 250,000 asthma deaths worldwide (Morris, 2015). Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory problems affecting adults and children in Jamaica and is a significant public health problem. In an article published by The Gleaner, it alluded to the increase in the number of asthma cases between 2007 and 2008. According to Hunter (2011), 19,647 cases of asthma were seen in primary health-care facilities in 2008, and there were 55,572 visits to accident and emergency departments for asthma in that year compared with 41,858 in 2007, representing an overall increase of 32.8 per cent (Hunter, 2011).
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