To be disseminated and implemented in 100,000+ schools across India.

While researching for what should be the campaign for World Asthma Day 2018, we stumbled upon the issue of asthma management in schools. Though there is a lot of content available which covers asthma basics, there is hardly any content available on asthma management in schools. With an increasing number of children with asthmatic tendency in India, such information becomes all the more important. We released a short video on asthma management in schools on World Asthma Day and were overwhelmed by the response. When we further interacted with school teachers & management, they all shared their concern about this problem and the necessity for a standardized comprehensive material. This gave birth to the idea of Asthma Manual for Schools. I’ve had asthmatic tendency in school and it was proactive measures taken with the support of friends, teachers, school support system and parents which helped me lead a normal life and never be afraid of an asthma emergency. This manual is a compilation of simple, easy to understand information to know about childhood asthma and the best practices that schools can implement to provide a safe and supportive environment for the children.

Abhishek Kumar
C.E.O. & Co-Founder
Lung Care Foundation

Asthma Manual for Schools being released by Dr. Harshvardhan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. Of India . Mr Abhishek Kumar, C.E.O., Lung Care Foundation presenting him a multi-lingual cover page.

“The “Asthma Manual for Schools” provided by the Lung Care Foundation to the B.E.S.T school members is a wonderful initiative to create an Asthma supportive environment in schools thereby ensuring the health and safety of every child. It provides detailed information on Asthma, its triggers, emergency medical care, myths, Asthma Policy for schools, Asthma checklist and Emergency Response Plan for Asthma attack. The manual details have been shared with B.E.S.T club student volunteers and awareness is being spread in the classrooms amongst the student, teachers and medical staff. There is an urgent need for spreading this information to the parent community, teachers, school administration and management for its effective implementation. More copies of this manual be made available to the member schools for maintaining healthy school environment, and for greater dissemination of Asthma awareness amongst all stake holders.”

Mr. Manohar Lal
Principal,
Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi