World Asthma Day is marked today
World Asthma Day will take place on 6 May 2014. The event, which is run by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), takes place each year on the first Tuesday in May. Its aim is to improve the lives of people with asthma across the world.
GINA works with groups around the world, such as health care professionals and public health in an effort to reduce the prevalence of asthma.
Each year the aim of the day is to improve understanding of this condition and raise funds, particularly to teach people about what to do if a child in their care has an asthma attack. In 2013, the theme of the day was "You Can Control Your Asthma." There were loads of events held across the world to help raise money to fund research.