In Africa, it is estimated that over 40 million people are living with asthma; AstraZeneca’s Africa PUMUA Initiative (www.AstraZeneca.com) is a collaboration with Ministries of Health, local health providers, healthcare societies and respiratory health experts to redefine asthma care in Africa To mark World Asthma Day (WAD) on the 5 th of May, Global Pharmaceutical Company AstraZeneca officially opened and handed over the first PUMUA nebulisation stations across 4 countries: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Ethiopia. The nebulisation stations, the first of the targeted 1000 to be implemented this year, are part of AstraZeneca’s Africa PUMUA Initiative, meaning ‘breathe’ in Swahili.