GLOBAL ALLERGY & ASTHMA PATIENT PLATFORM

Welcome to your asthma rights information center. Our goal is to help patients and their families through their journey
with severe asthma. We are a global community to elevate the patient voice in programs & policy.

VIEW OUR PATIENT CHARTER

AN ESTIMATED 334 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH ASTHMA WORLDWIDE

70% OF PATIENTS COMPROMISE THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES TO ACCOMMODATE SEVERE ASTHMA

5-10% OF ALL ASTHMA PATIENTS ARE AFFECTED BY SEVERE ASTHMA

IT IS 5 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO TREAT SEVERE ASTHMA

WHAT IS SEVERE ASTHMA?

Severe asthma is a life-threatening condition that can affect your entire life by forcing you to make unwanted changes to your daily activities. If you have severe asthma, you will experience a frequent and severe worsening of asthma symptoms (asthma attacks/flare-ups) despite taking multiple high-dose inhalers. These attacks or flare-ups often occur more than once per year and require steroid tablets or use of emergency services or hospitalization.

WHAT NEXT?

If you think you might have severe asthma, you should see your doctor. They may refer you to a specialist. A specialist may run some tests to see if you have severe asthma. If you have severe asthma, your doctor or specialist may be able to help you reduce your symptoms and improve your life.

6 GUIDING PRINCIPLES

These principles set out to define what patients should expect for the management of their severe asthma and what should constitute a basic standard of care, in line with the latest science and best practice understanding from existing severe asthma care services.