Respiratory Health Initiative 2025
The Launch of the Severe Asthma Index Expansion 2025
Explore 14 new countries' approaches to Severe Asthma across 73 indicators in the Severe Asthma Index.
Severe Asthma Index 2025 Report
Countries added: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, India, Israel, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Severe Asthma Index - 2025 Table
Download the full table below with 43 country scores in the Severe Asthma Index 2023-2025 across the five different categories which consists of 3139 unique data points.
Meet us at WHA & ERS to see what's next
The Respiratory Health Initiative has expanded the Severe Asthma Index to 14 new countries this year.
A refreshed 2023 dataset for Severe Asthma will follow later in 2025.
The COPD Index is also expanding to 43 countries.
We are applying strategic foresight on chronic respiratory diseases and nicotine use with the report to be published later this year.
Examine the Global Impact of Severe Asthma - 2023
Understand the global impact of Severe Asthma on people and health systems for the 2023 countries.
Respiratory Health Facts
Understand the global impact of Respiratory Diseases
Respiratory Health
€611 billion
The annual societal cost of the major respiratory diseases across the WHO European Region
Severe Asthma
461,000 deaths
According to the World Health Organization Severe Asthma affects 33.4 million people and 1.3% die from a preventable disease.
COPD
3.23 million deaths
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COPD is the third leading cause of death globally
Explore the Respiratory Health Initiative Indices
Understand how health systems around the world address the burden of COPD and severe asthma.
Reports
Review and download the reports for the COPD and Severe Asthma indices.
Severe Asthma Index Countries 2025
See the bar chart for all 43 countries in the Severe Asthma Index.
Severe Asthma Index Report 2023 PDF
Discover country-specific analysis of 29 OECD countries – including insights for each country – to drive policy action and improve the standard of severe asthma care.
COPD Index Report 2024
Discover country-specific analysis of 34 OECD countries – including insights for each country – to drive policy action and improve the standard of COPD care.
COPD Index Data File 2024
Overview of COPD raw and normalised data, weights and all categories
TRANSFORMING THE NARRATIVE - WHA Side Event
With pleasure, we would like to inform you that the TRANSFORMING THE NARRATIVE: Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the HLM4 meeting will be held on Wednesday 21 May 2025 from 19:00-20:30 CET. The meeting will take place at Hilton Geneva Hotel & Conference Centre in meeting room Geneva II.
Join the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies for a strategic side event at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, focused on putting Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) like asthma and COPD — firmly on the global health and political agenda.
The goal: build momentum for CRDs to be recognized in the upcoming UN General Assembly political declaration — shifting the conversation from Geneva’s health forums to the global political stage in New York.
World Conference on Tobacco Control
The World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025 (formerly the World Conference on Tobacco or Health – WCTOH) is organised by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Epidemics are complex challenges that intersect with various sectors, including taxation, law implementation, agriculture, environmental sustainability, gender, and social equities.
Tobacco control requires a holistic approach that engages various stakeholders and calls for collaborative action across disciplines.
Join us in this call to action at the World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025!
The ERS Congress
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress - an annual event that brings together the world’s respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science. The ERS Congress 2025 will take place from 27 September to 1 October in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and online.