World Asthma Day 2026: 6 May

The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) theme for World Asthma Day 2026 is: “Access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with asthma – still an urgent need”.

GINA continues to emphasize the need to ensure that all people with asthma can access inhaled medications that are essential for controlling the underlying disease and treating attacks.

This year’s World Asthma Day theme reinforces that every person with asthma, including most pre-school children with asthma, should receive inhaled corticosteroids. These inhalers reduce the person’s risk of asthma attacks and reduce preventable asthma deaths.

Preferably, the inhaler should be a combination 2‑in‑1 inhaler containing both an inhaled corticosteroid and a quick-acting reliever. Together, they treat the asthma symptoms, prevent asthma attacks, and reduce hospital admissions.

Asthma is one of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases that affects over 260 million people. Asthma is responsible for over 450,000 deaths each year worldwide. Most of these deaths are preventabl

GPSA Resources:

Asthma Teaching Plan

World Asthma Day website