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Phenotypic characteristics and asthma severity in an East African cohort of adults and adolescents with asthma: findings from the African severe asthma project.

Bruce J KirengaJeremiah ChakayaGetnet YimerGeorge NyaleTewodros HaileWinters MuttambaLevicatus MugenyiWinceslaus KatagiraWilliam WorodriaHellen Aanyu-TukamuhebwaNjira LugogoMoses JolobaAmsalu BekeleFred MakumbiCindy GreenCorina de JongMoses KamyaThys van der Molen
Published in: BMJ open respiratory research (2021)
The majority of patients in this cohort presented with moderate to severe persistent asthma and the use of ICS was very low. Improving access to ICS and other inhaled therapies could greatly reduce asthma morbidity in Africa.
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