
Episode #9
2026 (9) Professor Francine Ducharme
<p>This episode (2026 (8)) of 'Asthma with Experts' on World Asthma Day 2026 hosted by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), and features a discussion with Professor Francine Ducharme, University of Montreal, Canada. She is a respiratory paediatrician, and a member of the GINA Science Committee Prof Ducharme shares her thoughts about the current problems faced by children who have asthma. She emphasises the need to take every opportunity to diagnose reversible airflow obstruction - a key feature of asthma, ideally with spirometry. The best opportunity is when a child presents with an acute exacerbation/ attack. She shared some information about the...






