World Asthma Day 2006 took place on Tuesday, May 2, 2006. Events and activities worldwide took place around the theme "The Unmet Needs of Asthma." The GINA Executive Committee chose to continue to draw on the theme introduced in 2005, but In 2006, World Asthma Day materials and activities also emphasized how unmet needs diminish control of asthma. Asthma control is the goal of treatment and can be achieved in the vast majority of asthma patients with proper management.


Click here to see a slide show of activities from World Asthma Day 2006

Meet the Organizers! Click on the links below to read interviews with organizers of WAD 2006 activities from all over the world.

Nguyen Thi Cam Hong, leader nurse of the Pulmonary Function and Examination Lab at Vietnam's University Medical Center in HoChiMinh City

Dr. Suyapa Sosa Ferrari, president of the Honduran College of Chest Physicians and Thoracic Surgeons of Honduras

Dr. Fusun Yildiz, professor of chest diseases and leader of the foreign relations committee of the Turkish Thoracic Society

Dr. Jolanta Kudzyte, Associate Professor at Kaunas University and President of the Association of Allergic Children's Clubs