ArticleAfrican journal of thoracic and critical care medicine2021
A historical overview of childhood asthma in southern Africa: Are we there yet?
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- Global Asthma Burden due to Attributable Risk Factors, 1990-2021, and Forecast to 2050: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Factors Influencing Asthma in Children at Early Childhood Development Centres in a Densely Populated Urban Informal Township in Gauteng Province, South Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Interlinkages Between Ambient Temperature and Air Pollution in Exacerbating Childhood Asthma: A Time Series Study in Cape Town, South Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- S. mansoni -derived omega-1 prevents OVA-specific allergic airway inflammation via hampering of cDC2 migration.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Prevalence of asthma and wheeze among preschool and school-aged children in Africa: A meta-analysis.Public health challenges · 2024Review
- Epidemiology of Childhood Asthma in the UK.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2024Article
- Challenges in the diagnosis of asthma in children, what are the solutions? A scoping review of 3 countries in sub Saharan Africa.Respiratory research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: The prevalence of asthma, the most common respiratory disease in children, has increased in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa. Despite poor infrastructure and limited resources, researchers in southern Africa have sought to determine the prevalence of childhood asthma, with variable results reflecting actual differences as much as methodological limitations and biases. Objectives: To collate and report findings from studies on the epidemiology of childhood asthma in southern Africa. Methods: A review of the literature was undertaken. Results: The prevalence of childhood asthma in southern Africa is variable but has increased over the last four decades, particularly in South Africa (3.17% to 21.29%). Methods used to assess the burden of asthma have been in the form of questionnaires, bronchial hypersensitivity provocation tests, lung function measurement and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO). Conclusion: The prevalence of childhood asthma is increasing in rural and urban areas in southern Africa. Research collaboration driven by a better understanding of the heterogeneous nature of asthma can improve challenges faced in evaluating the burden of asthma in African countries.
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