Paediatric asthma in North Africa: the Asthma Insights and Reality in the Maghreb (AIRMAG) study.

Background: Bronchial asthma is the most frequent chronic childhood disease and can have a marked impact on educational development, activities and quality of life. The AIRMAG survey provides an opportunity to assess asthma and its impact in children in North Africa.

Objective: To describe the prevalence, burden and management of asthma in children in the Maghreb.

Prevalence of asthma in North Africa: the Asthma Insights and Reality in the Maghreb (AIRMAG) study.

Background: Bronchial asthma is the most frequent chronic respiratory disease in both adults and children. The prevalence and burden of asthma vary considerably between different regions of the world. Information on asthma in Africa is fragmentary and relatively old.

Control of asthma in the Maghreb: results of the AIRMAG study.

Background: The goal of asthma management is to achieve disease control, defined. as the ability to lead a normal life with normal pulmonary function. However, many epidemiological surveys have demonstrated that asthma control is unacceptable in the majority of patients.