National Asthma Council

The National Asthma Council (NAC) describes its mission as being to "bring together all forms of endeavour in the field of asthma and associated conditions in order to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of people with asthma and their carers." 

In 2003 an investigation by The Age found that an awareness campaign "run by the NAC was spearheaded by a cartoon dragon that was the registered trademark of a drug company used to promote one individual asthma medication".

Funding
On its website NAC lists its sponsors as:

Government

 * Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Corporate

 * GlaxoSmithKline Founding and Principal Sponsor
 * Allens Arthur Robinson
 * Altana Pharma
 * AstraZeneca
 * Blackmores
 * Carpet Choice
 * CSL Limited
 * Dairy Australia
 * Dunlop Foams
 * Dunlop Flooring
 * Hunt Heating
 * MBF
 * Merck Sarp & Dohme
 * Hydronic Systems Australia
 * Novartis
 * Pharmaxis Ltd
 * Schering-Plough
 * 3 D Clinic Pty Ltd

Directors

 * Associate Professor John Wilson, Thoracic Physician; The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand representative;
 * Dr Noela Whitby, General Practitioner; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners representative;
 * Associate Professor Mimi Tang, Consultant Paediatric Allergist and Immunologist; Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy representative;
 * Mr Peter Holder, Community Pharmacist; Pharmaceutical Society of Australia representative;
 * Mr Peter Adamson, Lord Mayor of Darwin; Asthma Foundations of Australia representative

Staff

 * Ms Kristine Whorlow, Chief Executive Officer

Committees

 * Mr Peter Holder, Finance Committee:
 * Dr Kerry Hancock, General Practitioners' Asthma Group: Chair,
 * Mr Simon Appel, Pharmacists' Asthma Group: Chair,

Contact details
National Asthma Council Australia 1 Palmerston Crescent South Melbourne VIC 3205 Australia Telephone: +61 (3) 8699 0476 Toll free Phone: 1800 032 495 Facsimile: +61 (3) 8699 0400 Email: 	nac AT NationalAsthma.org.au Web: http://www.nationalasthma.org.au

Other SourceWatch Resources

 * Patient Groups
 * Patient Groups/Australia