Asthma rates amongst children in rural Senegal

In a cross‐sectional study conducted in rural Senegal (Niakhar), Hooper et al. found that nearly one in ten children had symptoms suggestive of asthma; however, few children had a diagnosis of asthma or use appropriate therapies. More specifically, from a total of 1513 children aged 6‐7 years, 130 (9%) reported wheezing within the last 12months, and 41 (3%) had a clinical asthma diagnosis. Methodology: The researchers used the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) survey instrument to assess childhood respiratory health in rural Senegal. They interviewed the caregivers of children aged 5 through 8 years of age in the four largest Niakhar villages in August 2012.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551858