{"id":6128,"date":"2025-07-01T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/?p=6128"},"modified":"2025-07-01T05:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:26:18","slug":"world-bronchiectasis-day-raising-awareness-inspiring-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/2025\/07\/01\/world-bronchiectasis-day-raising-awareness-inspiring-action\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bronchiectasis Day \u2013 Raising Awareness, Inspiring Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Every year on <strong>July 1st<\/strong>, the global community comes together to recognize <strong>World Bronchiectasis Day<\/strong>\u2014a vital initiative aimed at raising awareness, sharing knowledge, and advocating for better care for those affected by bronchiectasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>What is Bronchiectasis?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/lungs-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"overlaying a dark blue background, is a graphic of a human chest, and overlaying this are a pair of lungs with abnormally widened airways\" class=\"wp-image-6132 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/lungs-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/lungs-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/lungs-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/lungs-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/lungs-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung condition where the airways become abnormally widened, leading to a build-up of mucus and recurring lung infections. It can significantly impact a person\u2019s quality of life, causing persistent coughing, breathlessness, and fatigue. Despite its seriousness, bronchiectasis remains underdiagnosed and often misunderstood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How You Can Get Involved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spread the Word:<\/strong> Share information on social media using the hashtag <strong>#WorldBronchiectasisDay<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visit the Official Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.WorldBronchiectasisDay.org\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"www.WorldBronchiectasisDay.org, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.WorldBronchiectasisDay.org<\/a> for educational materials, patient stories, and event listings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support Patients and Families:<\/strong> Help connect patients with specialized care by referring them to Nebraska Medicine\u2019s newly accredited <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/intmed\/divisions\/id\/ntm\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Bronchiectasis and NTM clinics, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bronchiectasis and NTM clinics<\/a><\/strong>, designed to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary, expert-led evaluation and treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/world-bronchiectasis-day-2025.png\" alt=\"Slide with white background. on the right hand are multiple logos of affiliated organizations. On the top left is a logo depicting world bronchiectasis day. On the left center are the words &quot;World Bronchiectasis Day aims to raise global awareness, share knowledge, and discuss ways to reduce the burden of bronchiectasis for patients and their families worldwide.&quot;  Below this is written &quot;Join us in spreading the word on July 1! wwww.worldbronchiectasisday.org&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-6129\" style=\"width:455px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/world-bronchiectasis-day-2025.png 455w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/world-bronchiectasis-day-2025-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Content provided with review by: Rick Starlin, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/subscribe2\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.108\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year on July 1st, the global community comes together to recognize World Bronchiectasis Day\u2014a vital initiative aimed at raising awareness, sharing knowledge, and advocating for better care for those affected by bronchiectasis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":562,"featured_media":6134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[84,3,220],"class_list":["post-6128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","tag-love-id","tag-unmcid","tag-worldbronchiectasisday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6135,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128\/revisions\/6135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}