ArticleThe Lancet. Child & adolescent health2024
Characterising sources of PM
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- Asthma in African children and adolescents: Burden, barriers, and management strategies.African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine · 2026Review
- Unequal exposure: spatio-temporal and structural determinants of personal PMFrontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- An integrated climate-structured personal and ambient air pollution monitoring framework embedded within a pregnancy and postpartum cohort in Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Household air pollution is associated with disease severity in Ugandan children hospitalized with hypoxemic pneumonia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Using low-cost sensors and GPS to assess spatiotemporal variations in personal exposure to PMEnvironmental research · 2025Article
- Using theatre to transform understanding and attitudes about asthma in African adolescents.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- 'It makes us sick': experiences of air pollution among children with asthma and their caregivers in African countries.IJTLD open · 2025Article
- Familial Differences in Personal PMEnvironmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Effects of indoor air pollution exposure on lung function of children in selected schools in Kigali, Rwanda.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Personal PMToxics · 2025Article
- Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Household Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Two Low-Income Communities in Mpumalanga, South Africa.Annals of global health · 2025Article
- European Respiratory Society Research Seminar on Preventing Pediatric Asthma.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Review
- The Prevalence of Childhood Asthma, Respiratory Symptoms and Associated Air Pollution Sources Among Adolescent Learners in Selected Schools in Vhembe District, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAir pollution is the second largest risk to health in Africa, and children with asthma are particularly susceptible to its effects. Yet, there is a scarcity of air pollution exposure data from cities in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to identify potential exposure reduction strategies for school children with asthma living in urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa.
methodsThis personal exposure study was part of the Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA) project. Personal exposure to particulate matter (PM) was monitored in school children in six cities in sub-Saharan Africa (Blantyre, Malawi; Durban, South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe; Kumasi, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; and Moshi, Tanzania). Participants were selected if they were aged 12-16 years and had symptoms of asthma. Monitoring was conducted between June 21, and Nov 26, 2021, from Monday morning (approximately 1000 h) to Friday morning (approximately 1000 h), by use of a bespoke backpack with a small air pollution monitoring unit with an inbuilt Global Positioning System (GPS) data logger. Children filled in a questionnaire detailing potential sources of air pollution during monitoring and exposures were tagged into three different microenvironments (school, commute, and home) with GPS coordinates. Mixed-effects models were used to identify the most important determinants of children's PM
findings330 children were recruited across 43 schools; of these, 297 had valid monitoring data, and 1109 days of valid data were analysed. Only 227 (20%) of 1109 days monitored were lower than the current WHO 24 h PM
interpretationOur study suggests that the most effective changes to reduce PM
fundingUK National Institute for Health and Care Research.
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