World asthma day 2025 theme
Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL, Say Respiratory Health Organizations
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies launches new campaign to increase access to asthma treatment.
On World Asthma Day 2025 (6 May), the call to action is clear: ‘Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL’. To highlight the lack of access to inhaled medicines for asthma and COPD in low-resource, high-burden settings, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is launching an education campaign Increasing Access to Inhaled Medicines. The campaign will engage governments, the United Nations, global health agencies, industry, donors and civil society organizations to take coordinated action to ensure availability of proven, effective treatments. GOLD is a founding member of FIRS.
Asthma affects over 260 million people and causes more than 450,000 deaths each year. It is also the commonest chronic disease in children and adolescents, affecting around 15% of young adolescents globally. Most of these deaths are preventable. Inhaled corticosteroid-containing medications are essential for managing asthma and preventing life-threatening attacks. But in many low- and middle
World Asthma Day - 6th May, 2025 | Theme, Importance & Prevention
World Asthma Day is a global healthcare event commemorated every year on the first Tuesday in May to promote awareness ofasthmaworldwide.This year 2025 World Asthma Day is observed on the 6th of May (Tuesday). On this day, various global and local organizations step forward together to combat the major global non-communicable disease in children and adults.
World Asthma Day 2025 theme
This year, 2025, the World Asthma Day theme is "Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL".This theme focuses on lowering preventable morbidity and mortality by highlighting universal access to necessary asthma medications, such as inhaled corticosteroids. This initiative encourages healthcare systems to give equal access to evidence-based inhaled treatments top priority.
Year by year, the themes for World Asthma Day
- World Asthma Day 2024 Theme (May 7): Asthma Education Empowers
- World Asthma Day 2023 Theme (May 2): Asthma Care for All
- World Asthma Day 2022 Theme (May 3): Closing Gaps in Asthma Care
- World Asthma Day 2021 Theme (May 5): Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions
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World Asthma Day 2025: Date, origin, theme, significance — all you need to know
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As a result, every year, the second Tuesday of May is celebrated as World Asthma Day to raise awareness about the condition and the danger it poses.
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This year, World Asthma Day will be observed on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, with the theme ‘Make inhaled treatments accessible for all‘, emphasising the importance of ensuring that people diagnosed with asthma have access to inhaled medications, which are necessary both for controlling the disease and treating attacks.
Additionally, it also emphasises the significance of raising awareness, promoting early diagnosis, effective asthma management, and ensuring equitable access to treatment for all asthma-afflicted individuals. (Credit: ginaasthma.org)KNOW | What are the common triggers of Asthma, and how to control them
The first World Asthma Day, led by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), was observed in over 35 nations in 1998, coinciding with the first World Asthma Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
With each World Asthma Day since
World Asthma Day
What is World Asthma Day?
Since World Asthma Day’s inception in 1998, in conjunction with the inaugural World Asthma Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, World Asthma Day has evolved into a globally recognized event, celebrated in over 35 countries. Over the years, it has become an important day for promoting asthma awareness and education worldwide.
Held annually on the first Tuesday of May, World Asthma Day is coordinated by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), who select a unique theme each year, organize the preparation and distribution of World Asthma Day materials and resources, and oversee the maintenance of the World Asthma Day Internet Headquarters, offering downloadable materials and updates on global asthma activities.
Look ahead to upcoming World Asthma Days:
- Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- Tuesday, May 4, 2027
- Tuesday, May 2, 2028
Join us in observing this important day, promoting asthma awareness, and advocating for education and support worldwide.
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World Asthma Day
World Asthma Day is a day committed to promoting asthma awareness and the continued development of treatments. Here, we highlight the history behind the day, as well as some ways in which you can get involved to promote asthma research and cure development – both in the UK and across the world.
What is World Asthma Day?
World Asthma Day is an annual event celebrated on the first Tuesday in May. Each year has a new theme, to raise awareness for an aspect of the chronic illness. Recent themes of World Asthma Day include:
2025: Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL
2024: Asthma Education Empowers
2023: Asthma Care For All
2022: Closing Gaps in Asthma Care
The day was first marked in 1998 when it coincided with the inaugural World Asthma Meeting. From these early beginnings, World Asthma Day has now grown into what is widely recognised as the world’s most important asthma awareness event.
World Asthma Day is organised by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), an organisation made up of asthma experts. The annual event is designed to “improve asthma awareness and care around the world”.Why is World Asthma Day celebrated?
The primary reason why World Asth