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ACACIA focus groups

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.

Radio interview: introducing new air pollution research in Tanzania

ACACIA Tanzania did an interview with the local radio station Radio Kicheko to talk about the new ACACIA research focus about air pollution (picture: Dr. Ronald Mbwasi, ACACIA Tanzania). The team will monitor personal exposure to air pollution of children with symptoms or diagnosis of asthma. Air pollution can cause asthma and trigger asthma symptoms.

05 May 2021

ACACIA Zimbabwe on national TV

Dr. Marian Kasekete from our ACACIA Zimbabwe team did a TV studio interview at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation to talk about World Asthma Day.

05 May 2021

Dr. Rebecca Nantanda talking about asthma at the Chest Clinic

Educating about asthma - at the Chest Clinic, Uganda

Dr. Rebecca Nantanda gave a presentation about asthma to patients at the Chest Clinic of the National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. The session concluded with a Q & A about life with asthma and asthma treatments.

27 Apr 2021

newspaper article with Dr Rebecca Nantanda

Dr. Rebecca Nantanda is debunking myths around asthma

Dr. Rebecca Nantanda from ACACIA Uganda is debunking common local myths around asthma in a news article for the New Vision. Dr. Nantanda is addressing commonly held false beliefs about asthma, such as that asthma is infectious. She explains what asthma is and how it can be treated.

07 May 2019

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

1 month 1 week 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

2 months 2 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

2 months 2 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

2 months 3 weeks 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

7 months 3 weeks 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

8 months 2 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

8 months 2 weeks ago

RT @MlwLung: Happy #WorldAsthmaDay! Together we can uncover #AsthmaMisconceptions and ensure that #evidencebased care and treatment is accessible to all. Please join in today and beyond in increasing #asthmaawareness @AcaciaStudy @ginasthma @MlwTrust #AsthmaAwarenessMonth https://t.co/TDZuWmrtTQ

8 months 2 weeks ago

RT @ElizaMbamba: I've heard that people with asthma shouldn't participate in sports/exercise. #AsthmaMisconceptions standing in the way of happy and healthy living. #WorldAsthmaDay https://t.co/4TymziHTtE https://t.co/FPfpYejHZq

8 months 2 weeks ago

RT @MlwLung: #worldasthmaday is next week! May is #asthmaawareness month. We hope you will join us to learn/educate about #Asthma and uncover misconceptions & myths standing in the way of available effective treatment. @MlwTrust @AcaciaStudy https://t.co/zku9yoiEz4

8 months 2 weeks ago

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

9 months 1 week 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

10 months 1 week ago