Global Initiative for Asthma (GIA) has selected the theme of “Asthmas Education Empowers” . GINA emphasizes the need to empower people with asthma with the appropriate education to manage their disease, and to recognize when to seek medical help . Key universal issues on which education is required are under- or inaccurate diagnosis, underuse of anti-inflammatory inhaled corticosteroid inhalers, overuse, and over-reliance on short-acting beta2–agonist (SABA) inhal