#EvidenceBasedCare starts with research. Tune in to Times 360 Malawi Radio tomorrow ( Saturday 22 May) 5-6pm and learn about ACACIA #ACACIA_Malawi fieldwork from Lovemore Nkhalamba and the students we work with. @MlwTrust #AsthmaMisconceptions #AsthmaAwarenessMonth

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 University of KwaZulu-Natal Queen Mary University of London National Institute for Health and Care Research

Fieldwork in Africa has been enormously challenging during COVID times! Check out our new blog post from Maleni Stella in Uganda: acacia-asthma.org/blog Queen Mary University of London Makerere University

#ACACIA #Malawi Team. Achieving Control of Asthma In Children in Africa. Getting #Asthma information to the people! Lovemore Nkhalamba ElizaMkutumula @MlwTrust ACACIA Join us tomorrow in Bangwe, Ndirande & Gumbe.

Our amazing Nigerian ACACIA team from Lagos State University have been visiting local schools to engage and teach about the dangers of #airpollution using a workshop designed by Centre of the Cell

Our Nigerian ACACIA team explain why we can't see air pollution to young people in Lagos with some hands on demonstrations. #airpollution #airpollutionafrica Lagos State University Centre of the Cell olufunke adeyeye

It’s #WorldAsthmaDay! Did you know that 1 out of every 5 adolescents in South Africa has asthma? 🫁 We’ve partnered with ACACIA and throughout the month of May, we’ll be sharing information on asthma. Keep an eye out here.

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!

Join the webinar of our ACACIA South Africa team today at 11am UK time to learn about asthma in Africa #WordAsthmaDay

ACACIA, University of KwaZulu-Natal and @Jivemediaafrica have created a fun, free resource that you can download and share with your friends. Download here and share the knowledge! bit.ly/3FP4V0o #Asthma #Spreadtheword

Well done ElizaMkutumula & team MLW Trust Lung Health Group for making this great documentary of ACACIA’s ‘In Control’ theatre - a play about asthma attitudes in African teenagers: youtu.be/YJBeK3kZyKQ

Having asthma can make you feel different and excluded. We therefore developed 'In Control', a theatre, addressing attitudes to asthma. This is a school performance of the Nigerian version of the play: ow.ly/FAPN50Kqke6 developed with Tramshed and Lagos State University

#PublicEngagement is central to the work we do bacause 'sharing is caring'! ACACIA MLW Trust Lung Health Group @MlwTrust #ResearchDrivingHealth #MLW #PublicHealth #ChildhoodAsthma #Asthma #HealthLiteracy #CommunityEngagement

What happens to airways ofpeople with Asthma?- Swelling, reddening, production of Mucus &narrowing On the World Lung Day today Dr Rebecca Nantanda continue to sensitise &disseminate ACACIA findings to parents, teachers &students Nabisunsa Girls' Sch #AsthmaAwareness #HealthyLungsforAll

It's back patting time for all ACACIA staff! We got great feedback from our NIHR Global Health funder about our final report, starting with: 'We were very impressed by the Group’s achievements'. Thanks for the recognition & well done everyone! ow.ly/AAnP50MXPvr

Check out our new blog post about ACACIA & INCLUSION! acacia-asthma.org/blog

Huge congratulations to two of our African PIs: Prof. Masekela Refiloe Masekela, who was awarded a NIHR Global Health Professorship, and Dr. Nantanda Dr Rebecca Nantanda, who has just received the MRC African Leadership Award. Well done to both of you! 👏👏👏 University of KZN Makerere University Queen Mary University of London

Educational theatre & meeting a church congregation: Find out about Community Engagement as part of the ACACIA study in our latest blog post from Gioia Mosler : acacia-asthma.org/blog Queen Mary University of London Lagos State University University of KwaZulu-Natal Makerere University Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme University of Zimbabwe Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute

How did we strengthen capacity across 7 African countries? Read our latest blog by Marian Kasekete University of Zimbabwe for insights into ACACIA's capacity strengthening: acacia-asthma.org/acacia-blog Queen Mary University of London NIHR Global Health Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University of KZN Lagos State University Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute Makerere University Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme