(The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.) The disappearance of reliable health-care services in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina left many children with asthma no choice but to seek treatment in emergency rooms across town -- if they sought care at all.
Xavier University of Louisiana, Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans and the Children's Health Fund have teamed up to reverse that trend by bringing reliable health care directly to these children through community health centers and mobile clinics.
Many of you reading this probably have vivid memories of watching CNN or the Weather Channel on August 29, 2005.