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For decades Professor Heather Zar has been at the cutting edge of research into the health of children in South Africa. Last month she received the European Respiratory Society’s lifetime achievement award in paediatrics. Biénne Huisman chatted to Zar about her career, the remarkable Drakenstei.
The launch of the device is well timed, as May is Asthma Awareness Month . and alarmingly, South Africa has one of the highest asthma death rates in the world, with around 15, 000 deaths each year.
The launch of the device is well timed, as May is Asthma Awareness Month . and alarmingly, South Africa has one of the highest asthma death rates in the world, with around 15, 000 deaths each year.
n a bid to further educate South Africans on asthma to avoid unnecessary deaths, the Allergy Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) is busting five harmful myths