Background Household air pollution (HAP) related to cooking is associated with significant
global morbidity and mortality. An estimated three billion people worldwide are exposed to …

Household air pollution (HAP), primarily from biomass fuels used for cooking, is associated
with adverse health outcomes and premature mortality. It affects almost half of the world's …

Background Nearly 3 billion people live without electricity today. This energy poverty means
that they have to resort to biomass fuels for their household energy needs. When burned …

Since the earliest human times, humans have used wood as fuel for fires to cook their food.
Indeed, learning to control fire is considered the defining moment between the pre-human …

Background Cookstove intervention programs have been increasing over the past two (2)
decades in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) across the globe. However, there …

Objectives Improved biomass cookstoves may help reduce the substantial global burden of
morbidity and mortality due to household air pollution (HAP) that disproportionately affects …

Background Household air pollution (HAP) resulting from the use of solid cooking fuels is a
leading contributor to the burden of disease in India. Advanced combustion cookstoves that …

Elevated indoor air pollution levels due to the burning of biomass in developing countries
are well established. Few studies have quantitatively assessed air pollution levels of …

Background Household air pollution (HAP) resulting from the use of solid fuels presents a
major public health hazard. Improved stoves have been offered as a potential tool to reduce …

Household air pollution (HAP) from biomass fuels, coal, and kerosene burned in open fires,
primitive stoves, and lamps causes at least 2 million deaths per year. Many of these deaths …