The American Sleep Apnea Association, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) and member organizations of the National Sleep Awareness Roundtable (NSART), a program of the NSF, are seeking funding for sleep activities at the Centers for Disease Control this year.
This money will allow the CDC to start data collection and surveillance activities, create education and awareness materials for the public and health care professionals, and establish fellowship opportunities for promising researchers at universities and colleges.
"The House of Representatives Appropriation Subcommittee takes up CDC funding this coming week. If you have not written to your Congressperson in support of additional funding for the CDC to collect data on sleep and sleep disorders, please do. There is definite interest on Capitol Hill. We need to let them know that this is very important," said Edward Grandi, ASAA executive director.
ASAA’s first Call to Action is additional funding for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to add questions on sleep and sleep disorders to the health surveys they do around the United States. Having this information would help get a better idea of the magnitude of the problem of sleep apnea the United States and the goals of deploying some resources to solve it.
Those wishing to get involved with the ASAA Advocacy Project or learn more may visit the Legislative Action Center at [removed]www.sleepapnea.org/advocacy[/removed]
