Asthma Australia
Asthma Australia works with people living with asthma, their family and friends, health professionals, researchers and governments to find the best treatments and practices to make sure life with asthma is the best it can be.
Vision and mission
Asthma Australia's vison is that no one experiences a life restricted by asthma.
Asthma Australia are committed to halving the number of potentially preventable asthma hospitalisations by 2030.
They want everyone in the community to understand asthma, so they know how to help in an emergency.
They also want to challenge the way things are currently done, to keep improving asthma prevention and treatment outcomes for people with asthma.
How Asthma Australia can help
Asthma Australia provide support and information (Opens in new tab)for people with asthma and their carers and help them understand how to manage asthma (Opens in new tab). They also help people learn what causes asthma symptoms (Opens in new tab)and how to avoid triggers (Opens in new tab), how to administer Asthma First Aid (Opens in new tab) and how to respond if someone close to you experiences symptoms.
Asthma Australia advocates (Opens in new tab)for people with asthma and the people who care for them, and supports research (Opens in new tab)into the causes, prevention, treatments and a potential CURE (Opens in new tab) for asthma.
Information line
- Call 1800 ASTHMA (1800 278 462) Mon to Fri, from 9am to 5pm AEST, or
- Book a call with an asthma educator online (Opens in new tab)
Programs and apps
- Asthma apps (Opens in new tab) find out more about the apps available to help you manage asthma
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