Tonya Winders

Sep 5, 2024 | politico.eu | Tonya Winders

Speak Up for COPD is supported by a coalition of partners across the non-profit sector and pharmaceutical industry to establish COPD as a public health priority. Funding is provided by pharmaceutical industry partners. All partners contributed to this document.

May 7, 2024 | politico.eu | Tonya Winders |Mohit K Bhutani

Why is it that a disease as common as asthma, which affected approximately 262 million people globally in 2019,1 is so misunderstood? Few policymakers understand the significant risks associated with poorly controlled severe asthma. As a patient advocate and a pulmonologist, we are deeply concerned that it remains a dangerously overlooked public health issue. Asthma is often considered a mild condition.

Mar 31, 2024 | thehill.com | Tonya Winders

Patients living with asthma depend on access to inhaled respiratory medicines. As an asthma patient and the mother of three of my children who live with the disease, I know firsthand how important consistent access to diverse treatment options is for staying healthy. However, high costs at the pharmacy counter force patients and parents like me to make some hard choices. We must do better.

Nov 16, 2023 | healio.com | Richard Gawel |Kristen Dowd |Tonya Winders

You've successfully added Allergy/Asthma: Skin Disorders to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: 84% of patients using H1 antihistamines had inadequate control. Patients switched antihistamines an average of 2.3 times.

Nov 15, 2023 | politico.eu | Tonya Winders

*Speak Up for COPD is supported by a coalition of partners across industry and the non-profit sector to raise awareness and understanding of COPD amongst policymakers and healthcare decision makers by amplifying the voices of patients, the COPD community and the public. All partners contribute time and expertise to the coalition actitivies. Our one critical goal is to establish COPD as a public health priority.