A third of the world's population uses solid fuel derived from plant material (biomass) or coal
for cooking, heating, or lighting. These fuels are smoky, often used in an open fire or simple …

Air pollution disproportionately affects marginalized populations of lower socioeconomic
status. There is little literature on how socioeconomic status affects the risk of exposure to air …

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

Given the mixed history of success with past intervention projects and programmes and the
fact that the 2.8 billion people still relying on traditional solid fuels are the world's poorest …

Abstract Globally, 41% of households, over 2.8 billion people, rely on solid fuels (coal and
biomass) for cooking and heating. In developing countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa …

Background Clean cooking interventions to reduce air pollution exposure from burning
biomass for daily cooking and heating needs have the potential to reduce a large burden of …

There is growing evidence that a number of pulmonary diseases affect women differently
and with a greater degree of severity than men. The causes for such sex disparity is the …

As described in a recently released report of the Forum of International Respiratory
Societies, four of the leading causes of death in the world are chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel combustion affects almost half of
the world population. Adverse respiratory outcomes such as respiratory infections, impaired …

Air pollution poses a critical threat to human health with ambient and household air pollution
identified as key health risks in India. While there are many studies investigating …