Australia has among the highest allergy rates in the world with the rate of life threatening allergies doubling in the last 10 years, while one in 10 infants has a food allergy.

It is World Allergy Week and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia is calling on the federal government to inject $20 million over five years into a National Allergy Strategy.

Leading children’s allergy specialist Associate Professor Richard Loh tells Mark more work needs to be done on research, treatment and education.

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