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Picture at Ugandan primary school. Source: flickr

ACACIA is an international science project

about asthma in African children.

picture credit: Venture Uganda Travel

Welcome to the ACACIA project.

We are a group of researchers based across Africa and the UK who are working together to understand and improve the health of young people with asthma in Africa. Numbers of young people with asthma have been rising dramatically in many African countries over the last two decades, especially in urban areas. So far there has been little research about this phenomenon and about the difficulties these children may be facing in managing their condition. Our study will allow us to understand more about children with asthma in Africa, and to develop interventions which can overcome barriers that are currently preventing good asthma management in African children. This study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

What we do

Our research teams would like to better understand the lives of young people with asthma in African cities.

Who we are

We are a group of researchers based at several universities across Africa and the UK working together for the ACACIA project.

Resources

The ACACIA project is working on resources that can help us to improve asthma in African children.

News

Get some insights into the work of ACACIA from our newsfeed.

Blog

Hear from our partners as they share their experiences working on ACACIA.

AcaciaStudy on twitter

Join the webinar of our ACACIA South Africa team today at 11am UK time to learn about asthma in Africa #WordAsthmaDay https://t.co/DLNhq0zudM
3 weeks 2 days ago
RT @ScienceSpaza: It’s #WorldAsthmaDay! Did you know that 1 out of every 5 adolescents in South Africa has asthma? We’ve partnered with @AcaciaStudy and throughout the month of May, we’ll be sharing information on asthma. Keep an eye out here. https://t.co/aoaHGFxKCQ
3 weeks 2 days ago
ACACIA is celebrating #WorldAsthmaDay today! Over 250 Million people have asthma worldwide, and hundreds of thousands die from it every year. Most of these deaths are preventable. Let's work together to make the world a fairer and safer place for everyone with asthma! https://t.co/4vmzOC04IH
3 weeks 2 days ago
Our Nigerian ACACIA team explain why we can't see air pollution to young people in Lagos with some hands on demonstrations. #airpollution #airpollutionafrica @LASUOfficial @CentreoftheCell @olufunkeadeyeye https://t.co/Ws6TCmqg0B
4 months 9 hours ago
Our amazing Nigerian @AcaciaStudy team from @LASUOfficial have been visiting local schools to engage and teach about the dangers of #airpollution using a workshop designed by @CentreoftheCell https://t.co/8kZEGthXHD
4 months 1 day ago
RT @MlwLung: #ACACIA #Malawi Team. Achieving Control of Asthma In Children in Africa. Getting #Asthma information to the people! @IamMzati @ElizaMbamba @MlwTrust @AcaciaStudy Join us tomorrow in Bangwe, Ndirande & Gumbe. https://t.co/Fh9kygAatt
5 months 2 weeks ago
Fieldwork in Africa has been enormously challenging during COVID times! Check out our new blog post from Maleni Stella in Uganda: https://t.co/mToeUuIZbT @QMUL @Makerere https://t.co/xxfOeiym9P
6 months 3 weeks ago
Our Ghana centre is out measuring school children’s #airpollution exposure using @Dyson backpacks. @HPRU_EEH @QMUL @NIHRglobal @KNUSTGH https://t.co/yB2tWZ1Uy0
6 months 3 weeks ago
How bad is the air in African cities? Children in all of our 7 centres have been busy using @Dyson #airpollution monitoring backpacks to highlight asthmatic children’s air pollution exposure in urban sub-Saharan Africa @UKZN @QMUL @NIHRresearch https://t.co/dJyGJJMZZq
7 months 6 days ago
RT @MlwLung: #EvidenceBasedCare starts with research. Tune in to @Times360Malawi Radio tomorrow ( Saturday 22 May) 5-6pm and learn about @AcaciaStudy #ACACIA_Malawi fieldwork from @IamMzati and the students we work with. @MlwTrust #AsthmaMisconceptions #AsthmaAwarenessMonth https://t.co/7eW7HCqTBO
1 year 1 day ago
It’s #WorldAsthmaDay! & 1000s of information events are organised all around the world, such as this school visit by our @AcaciaStudy asthma experts @Makerere #uganda https://t.co/7V47rnDjt1
1 year 3 weeks ago
RT @ginasthma: #WorldAsthmaDay symposium: presentation by Sara Rylance WHO emphasises lack of availability of ICS in many low income countries. Great to see a good quality (correct) image of a child using a spacer and a preventer inhaler. This symposium will be on https://t.co/brZA83sGmB soon https://t.co/qe2j00pQFy
1 year 3 weeks ago
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