2026
Since its launch in 2022, World Bronchiectasis Day has continued to expand its global reach and impact. In 2026, a record 31 global partners joined forces to raise awareness, share educational resources, and improve understanding of bronchiectasis worldwide. New initiatives included 21 short-form educational videos and the inaugural “BE the Light” campaign, which illuminated 67 landmarks blue across six countries. The 2026 campaign reached 101.25 million people.
Read the 2026 World Bronchiectasis Day Impact Report.
2025
Since 2022, World Bronchiectasis Day has continually expanded its reach. In 2025, a record 26 partners participated in the campaign. With more global partners participating, the campaign is raising global awareness, sharing knowledge, and discussing ways to reduce the burden of bronchiectasis for patients and their families worldwide. The Global Planning Committee, led by Tim Aksamit, M.D., Medical Director of the Bronchiectasis and NTM Association, and Professor James Chalmers, MBChB, Ph.D., EMBARC Chair and British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, helped organize several educational events and resources. In 2025, World Bronchiectasis Day reached 223.83 million people.
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2024
Now in its third year, World Bronchiectasis Day 2024 continued to expand its global reach and increased awareness of bronchiectasis. This year’s theme focused on the importance of research and how people can participate in research and clinical trials. The Global Planning Committee, led by Tim Aksamit, M.D., Medical Director of Bronchiectasis and NTM 360 at the COPD Foundation, and Professor James Chalmers, MBChB, Ph.D., EMBARC Chair and British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, helped organize several educational events and resources. In 2024, World Bronchiectasis Day reached 10.7 million people.
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2023
Building off the momentum created from the previous year, the 2023 World Bronchiectasis Day campaign proved to be even more successful than its inaugural year. The theme for 2023 focused on treatment options and disease management goals. An international planning committee co-chaired by Dr. Tim Aksamit, Medical Director of Bronchiectasis and NTM 360 at the COPD Foundation and Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist at Mayo Clinic, and Professor James Chalmers, EMBARC Chair and British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee helped to organize the event. Multiple educational and awareness events were convened as part of a global schedule of events held in honor of World Bronchiectasis Day. An impressive 2.26 million media impressions were counted as a measurement of the success and the scale of World Bronchiectasis Day's reach.
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2022
The 2022 inaugural year of World Bronchiectasis Day was an amazing success. It was organized by an international planning committee co-chaired by Dr. Tim Aksamit, Medical Director of Bronchiectasis and NTM 360 at the COPD Foundation and Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist at Mayo Clinic, and Professor James Chalmers, EMBARC Chair and British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee. The global planning committee was comprised of patient advocates, representatives from collaborating advocacy organizations and professional societies, and leading experts.
View the inaugural year World Bronchiectasis Day kick off video.