About us

Operating for over 50 years as a not-for-profit organisation, our vision is that everyone with asthma in Ireland can live a full life, symptom-free.

At a time when asthma deaths are largely preventable, it is simply unacceptable that someone dies every five days due to the condition. Working with patients, their families, the healthcare community and a network of corporate and civil society partners, we know that change is not only possible, but achievable.

As the environmental and socio-economic drivers of asthma are increasing the prevalence of the condition, healthcare costs are rising, and inequality deepens, the time for action is now.

The need

Ireland has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world – some 450,000 people in the country currently have asthma and 890,000 people will experience the condition at some stage of their life. Despite this, 50% of people living with asthma do not have the condition under control, and asthma is often not understood as a chronic and potentially life-threatening condition.

Although one person, on average, dies every five days due to asthma, 90% of these deaths are preventable.

How we work

We aim to achieve our mission through advice, education, advocacy, and research.

We are leaders, conveners, and community-builders. We aim to put people with asthma (and their carers) at the forefront of all our activities. Through this patient-centred approach, we strive to be the authentic voice of the 450,000 people with asthma in Ireland, representing their views and interests with policy and change makers at all levels.