Improved cookstoves and solar cookers have been positioned as a socio-technical strategy
for improving household health and economics, and for reducing the negative impacts on …

Solar cookers have been tested and studied in various settings, but despite their envisioned
benefits–reduction of deforestation, economic benefits, improved health, and empowerment …

Global efforts are underway to develop and promote improved cookstoves which may
reduce the negative health and environmental effects of burning solid fuels on health and …

Background Several micronutrients are essential for adequate growth of children. However,
little information is available on multiple micronutrient status of school children in Ethiopia …

Background Parasitic infections have been shown to have deleterious effects on host
nutritional status. In addition, although helmintic infection can modulate the host …

Around three billion people in the world and 90% of the rural households in low-and middle-
income countries are exposed to wood smoke with varying exposure levels and resulting …

Background Combustion of solid biomass fuels using traditional stoves which is the daily
routine for 3 billion people emits various air pollutants including fine particulate matter which …

Personal and indoor exposure to PM 2.5 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were
measured in households in the Njombe district of Tanzania. Cooking is conducted indoors in …

The unique Ethiopian cultural tradition of the coffee ceremony increases inhalation
exposures to combustion byproducts. This pilot study evaluated exposures to particulate …

Majority of Kenya's citizens reside in the rural areas where wood fuel is still the primary
source of energy for cooking. Continuing reliance on wood fuel against the backdrop of …