{"id":13171,"date":"2020-05-04T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gomedii.com\/?p=13171"},"modified":"2020-05-04T18:10:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:40:45","slug":"world-asthma-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/international-health-news\/world-asthma-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Asthma Day 2020: Theme, Purpose, And Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Asthma Day is celebrated globally on the first Tuesday of May every year. It is a big event to be observed by people around the world to increase more awareness among people about asthma prevention. This program is held annually by GINA<\/a> (Global Initiative for Asthma) internationally to spread the knowledge of asthma.<\/p>\n

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It is celebrated every year on the first Tuesday in the month of May. The World Asthma Day celebration was first started in the year 1998 <\/strong>by the commencement of GINA<\/strong> after the meeting in Spain and now it is celebrated in around 35 countries.<\/p>\n

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It is very important to control the problem of asthma all over the world and this responsibility is not just for doctors<\/a> and patients<\/a> but everyone.<\/p>\n

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World Asthma Day Theme 2020<\/h1>\n

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The Theme of 2020 is “Reduce The Burden Of Asthma”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The “Global Initiative for Asthma” (GINA) organizes various programs with the help of organizers and colleagues every year, such as – encouraging the general public by using health care groups and asthma teachers using a theme called “It’s Time to Control Asthma”.<\/p>\n

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GINA distributes content and resources for organizing the event each year with the theme of the festival. Various health care<\/a> professionals, members, educators, and other health care organizations participated in the celebration showing their activities related to asthma in many public places so that they could help reduce asthmatics.<\/p>\n

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World Asthma Day Activities:<\/h2>\n

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World Asthma Day is celebrated every month on first Tuesday of May, so this month is referred as Asthma Awareness Month organizing by “National Asthma Education and Prevention Program<\/a> (NAEPP)” and encourages people to take care of their asthma.<\/p>\n

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Here is the list of activities of World Asthma Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Free checkups are organized to assess the severity of people.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Patients are encouraged for their scheduled follow-up visits at periodic intervals of six months and environmental risks are controlled to prevent allergic or irritation.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 In many countries, the Asthma Society celebrates World Asthma Day at the national level.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 New asthma clinics and pharmacy clinics have been opened in the required areas.<\/p>\n

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The Purpose of World Asthma Day 2020:<\/h2>\n

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