Understanding the connections between climate change, air pollution, and human health in Africa: Insights from a literature review

DA Ayejoto, JC Agbasi, VE Nwazelibe… - … Science and Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change and air pollution are two interconnected global challenges that have
profound impacts on human health. In Africa, a continent known for its rich biodiversity and …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of household transition to clean energy fuels: A systematic review of evidence

J Elasu, JM Ntayi, MS Adaramola, F Buyinza - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Consumption of solid fuels (such as biomass, dung, and coal) causes household air
pollution, which reportedly is responsible for over 3.5 million premature deaths worldwide …

Effects of Intrauterine and post-natal exposure to air pollution on children's pneumonia: key roles in different particulate matters exposure during critical time windows

C Lu, W Yang, F Wang, B Li, Z Liu, H Liao - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Despite mounting evidence linked pneumonia with air pollution, it is unclear
what main pollutant (s) exposure in which critical window (s) play a key role in pneumonia …

Prenatal and postnatal household air pollution exposure and infant growth trajectories: evidence from a rural Ghanaian pregnancy cohort

E Boamah-Kaali, DW Jack… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The exposure–response association between prenatal and postnatal
household air pollution (HAP) and infant growth trajectories is unknown. Objectives: To …

Efficacy of air filtration and education interventions on indoor fine particulate matter and child lower respiratory tract infections among rural US homes heated with …

ES Walker, EO Semmens, A Belcourt… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Millions of rural US households are heated with wood stoves. Wood stove use
can lead to high indoor concentrations of fine particulate matter [airborne particles≤ 2.5 μ m …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying sensitive windows of prenatal household air pollution on birth weight and infant pneumonia risk to inform future interventions

S Kaali, DW Jack, MN Mujtaba, SN Chillrud… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Prenatal household air pollution impairs birth weight and increases pneumonia
risk however time-varying associations have not been elucidated and may have implications …

Prenatal household air pollution exposure and childhood blood pressure in rural Ghana

M Daouda, S Kaali, E Spring, MN Mujtaba… - Environmental …, 2024 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The association between prenatal household air pollution (HAP) exposure and
childhood blood pressure (BP) is unknown. Objective: Within the Ghana Randomized Air …

Association of ambient carbon monoxide exposure with hospitalization risk for respiratory diseases: A time series study in Ganzhou, China

J Song, W Qiu, X Huang, Y Guo, W Chen… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Ambient carbon monoxide (CO) exposure is associated with increased mortality
and hospitalization risk for total respiratory diseases. However, evidence on the risk of …

Using time-resolved monitor wearing data to study the effect of clean cooking interventions on personal air pollution exposures

CF Gould, MN Mujtaba, Q Yang… - Journal of Exposure …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Personal monitoring can estimate individuals' exposures to environmental
pollutants; however, accuracy depends on consistent monitor wearing, which is under …

Widespread Clean Cooking Fuel Scale-Up and under-5 Lower Respiratory Infection Mortality: An Ecological Analysis in Ecuador, 1990–2019

CF Gould, ML Bejarano… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Nationwide household transitions to the use of clean-burning cooking fuels are
a promising pathway to reducing under-5 lower respiratory infection (LRI) mortality, the …