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ACACIA general meeting January 2020

Spirometry training with Lindsay Zurba

Lindsay Zurba is currently touring across Africa to do spirometry training with researchers at each of our centres.

ACACIA's inaugural annual meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Read about us in our latest news article about ACACIA in Nigeria: https://t.co/niRs7dHFO5 @LASUOfficial @DrJonathanGrigg

4 days 21 hours ago

RT @AcaciaStudy: What a day! with the double premiere of our @AcaciaStudy In-Control-reloaded theatre . A thought provoking witty play about asthma in teenagers. Amazing work by our teams @LASUOfficial & @UKZN @Assitej_ZA @Tramshed__ https://t.co/F7f0eKhJ7U

1 month 1 day ago

What a day! with the double premiere of our @AcaciaStudy In-Control-reloaded theatre . A thought provoking witty play about asthma in teenagers. Amazing work by our teams @LASUOfficial & @UKZN @Assitej_ZA @Tramshed__ https://t.co/F7f0eKhJ7U

1 month 1 day ago

Experts identify 'super-plant' that absorbs roadside air pollution https://t.co/dANnBBjA1W

1 month 4 weeks ago

RT @sarah_rylance: @TheUnion_TBLH @GARDbreathe @IMPALA_NIHR @MlwLung @AcaciaStudy Please share with colleagues who might be interested.... https://t.co/YLqlhILzbw

1 month 4 weeks ago

RT @MlwLung: @AcaciaStudy Malawi has been engaging with the public on #asthma research and care. Research nurse Beatrice and @ElizaMbamba encouraged seeking care at asthma clinic @QECH_Chipatala @GioiaMosler @zodiak @Times360Malawi @NIHRglobal #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInGlobalHealth https://t.co/89WHGUi6xW

1 month 4 weeks ago

@ncfnigeria @JEnvironmentNG Really good picture! I was wondering if this picture could be used as part of a questionnaire about air pollution in our scientific project? We are looking at personal exposure to polluted air in African children. In Nigeria we work with the @LASUOfficial

1 month 4 weeks ago

We are currently advertising for a UK-based part-time 6-month database administrator position as part of our ACACIA… https://t.co/0pnooKfA11

4 months 2 weeks ago

RT @deemtembo: So very proud of the ACACIA @NIHRglobal Group and their fantastic community engagement and involvement work with pa… https://t.co/zvDuKNecO0

5 months 2 weeks ago

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5 months 2 weeks ago

We are excited to conduct our first focus groups about young people's asthma, starting with this group in Lagos, Ni… https://t.co/IKxKXQXeHe

6 months 1 week ago

A big week for ACACIA with our first virtual general meeting - lots of thoughts and shared enthusiasm for for the j… https://t.co/fGK6Cwn4b2

6 months 3 weeks ago

Data collection in full swing!

All of our six African study centres are now collecting data in schools. In each centre the study team aims to identify 500 children with asthma symptoms. Several of our centres have already collected well over 100 datasets.

07 Nov 2019

Media attention for our team in Ghana

The local launch event at our research site at KNUS in Ghana has received the attention of several media outlets, including TechTV GTV and TV3. KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) has written a great summary of the event here: https://www.knust.edu.gh/news/news-items/acacia-project-launched-knust

18 Oct 2019

picture of Nairobi, by Nina R, published on flickr.com

Our next general meeting is confirmed

Our next annual meeting is confirmed to be in Nairobi, Kenya on the 9th and 10th of January 2020. We are all looking forward to discuss, share ideas, and meet old or new friends.

01 Aug 2019

Official ACACIA Launch in Durban, South Africa

The ACACIA study was officially launched on the 13th of May 2019. The launch event at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) included a speech by Ben Llewellyn-Jones OBE, British Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa, who announced his support for the study.

13 May 2019