Boston Globe $2 million grant is set to fight asthma

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Boston Globe

Friday, March 31, 2006

New England News in Brief

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$2 million grant is set to fight asthma

A $2 million grant will fund a three year initiative to curb the

environmental triggers of asthma in Boston public housing. Mayor M.

Menino's

office announced yesterday that the grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation

would specifically target children struggling with the respiratory disorder.

The

grant will train 10 community health advocates, develop a public health

campaign, hire two additional housing authority workers to focus on pest

control,

and fund the distribution of 800 kits with information for reducing asthma

triggers in the home (AP)