8 billion people burn solid fuels for cooking (Bonjour et al., 2013) and the resulting air
pollution is the third leading risk factor for the global burden of disease, contributing to 4 …

Background Cooking over open fires using solid fuels is both common practice throughout
much of the world and widely recognized to contribute to human health, environmental, and …

Abstract REACCTING (Research on Emissions Air Quality, Climate, and Cooking
Technologies in Northern Ghana) was a 200-home cookstove intervention study from 2013 …

Exposure to combustion byproducts from cooking is a major health concern globally.
Alternative stoves may reduce the burden of disease associated with exposure to household …

2. Methods The REACCTING study took place in the Kassena-Nankana (KN) districts of the
Upper East Region (figure 1) in Northern Ghana from November 2013 through January …

Biomass burning for home energy use is a major environmental health concern. Improved
cooking technologies could generate environmental health benefits, yet prior results …

Background Over 40% of the world's population relies on solid fuels for heating and cooking.
Use of improved biomass cookstoves (ICS) has the potential to reduce household air …

IntroductionCameroon has begun implementation of a national liquified petroleum gas
(LPG) Master Plan to increase use of LPG from< 20% to 58% of the population by 2030 to …

Background: Air pollution exposure is responsible for a substantial burden of respiratory
disease globally. Household air pollution from cooking using biomass is a major contributor …

Emissions from traditional cooking practices in low-and middle-income countries have
detrimental health and climate effects; cleaner-burning cookstoves may provide “co …