World Asthma Day Report

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On World Asthma Day 2026 (5 May), the call to action remains in effect: ‘Access to antiinflammatory
inhalers for everyone with asthma – still an urgent need’. The Forum of
International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which Pan African Thoracic Society is a founding
member, 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.