World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world.

One in every nine Australians have asthma – around 2.7 million of us

It’s more common in males younger than 14 years. However, for people aged 15 years and over, it is more common in females .

More than one in every two children who are younger than 15 years (57 per cent) have a written Asthma Action Plan .

But fewer than one in every five people who are aged over 15 years have a written Asthma Action Plan (3). This is lowest for people aged 25-44 (16.5%).

Get involved this May by:

• Volunteering with the foundation
• Donating
• Raising awareness on social media.

for more information ,visit:

www.asthma.org.au