Jaya Suprana, chairman of the Indonesia World Record Museum (MURI), and Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar, Indonesia State Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, presented a charter to the representative of the Indonesia Asthma Foundation.

 

Presented at the National Monument in Jakarta, the award recognizes the Indonesia Asthma Foundation’s successful effort in initiating and conducting the assessment of the Asthma Control Test (ACT) with more than 1,000 participants.

 

The control test also sets a new record for the highest number of participants controlling their asthma together.

 

ACT is a questionnaire with five questions about the condition of the asthma patient during the last four weeks.

 

Filling out the questionnaire helps patients “score” the level of their asthma and encourages them to take corrective steps to improve their control of it.

 

The level of public awareness on asthma control is still very low. 

 

ACT was introduced as a new method that is easy, effective and efficient in improving asthma control.

 

[Dr Paramitha, Indonesia Asthma Foundation]: 

“Asthma can’t be cured, but it can be well controlled. At this moment of World Asthma Day 2010, we from the Indonesia Asthma Foundation hope that more asthma patients can control their asthma, so this disease does not disrupt their activities and does not cause death.”

 

Besides breaking a new Indonesian record in ACT assessment, the celebration of World Asthma Day in Indonesia included a mass gymnastic activity and kite parade to promote ACT.

 

[Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar - Indonesia State Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection]: 

“This is concrete proof of how the general public can participate in helping the government to provide socialization of the treatment for asthma sufferers.”

 

Asthma is one the five major causes of death globally. 

 

The theme for World Asthma Day 2010 is "You Can Control Your Asthma."

 

It is a program initiated by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) in collaboration with health care groups and asthma educators to increase public awareness of asthma.

 

NTD, Jakarta, Indonesia.