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

Spirometry training with Lindsay Zurba

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

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