Asthma Drug Facility

World Asthma Day

Preparing your World Asthma Day
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has excellent materials and ideas for planning activities. Make sure you register on their site to receive their newsletter and download their press releases.Consult and quote articles about access to asthma medicines and the management of asthma in low and middle-income countries

• Asthma Drug Facility: from concept to reality
• Affordability of inhaled corticosteroids: a potential barrier to treatment of asthma in some developing countries
• Implementation of asthma guidelines in health centres of several developing countries
• Do we need ADF?
• Union publications on Asthma

Take photos that show your "World Asthma Day" or illustrate "You can control your asthma!" in your country. Write down and send us any public declarations made about asthma by your health authorities; or calls for action from patient groups; or statements by professional societies.

Examples of activities for World Asthma Day:

Nigeria
Read the Press Release PDF file
View the photos of WAD 2007

El Salvador
View the photos of WAD 2007