Development and implementation of clean cooking technology for households in low and
middle income countries (LMICs) offer enormous promise to advance at least five …

Clean cooking has emerged as a major concern for global health and development because
of the enormous burden of disease caused by traditional cookstoves and fires. The World …

Nearly half the world's population must rely on solid fuels such as biomass (wood, charcoal,
agricultural residues, and animal dung) and coal for household energy, burning them in …

Approximately 3 billion people, most of whom live in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, rely on
solid fuels (ie wood, crop wastes, dung, charcoal) and kerosene for their cooking needs …

Nearly three billion people in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) rely on polluting
fuels, resulting in millions of avoidable deaths annually. Polluting fuels also emit short-lived …

A pro-health fuels and stoves agenda based on the World Health Organization standards
can realign lagging progress toward meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development …

Background: The global focus on improved cookstoves (ICSs) and clean fuels has increased
because of their potential for delivering triple dividends: household health, local …

Current attention to improved cook stoves (ICS) focuses on the “triple benefits” they provide,
in improved health and time savings for households, in preservation of forests and …

Three billion people around the world lack access to affordable and reliable clean cooking
energy. The case for clean energy has largely been built around health and or …

Promoting access to clean household cooking energy is an important subject for policy
making in low‐and middle‐income countries, in light of urgent and global efforts to achieve …