Indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of the fundamental elements affecting people's health and well-
being. Currently, there is a lack of awareness among people about the quantification …

People spend a long time indoors, especially young children. The risk of indoor pollution on
human health is one of the current hotspots in environmental and public health. The human …

The inefficient and incomplete combustion of solid fuel (SF) is associated with high levels of
indoor air pollutants leading to 3.55 million deaths annually. The risk is higher in women and …

Wildfires are occurring worldwide with greater frequency and intensity. Wildfires, as well as
other sources of air pollution including environmental tobacco smoke, household biomass …

Social norms are often put forward to explain resistance to gender equality and social
inclusion (GESI), and women continue to be largely absent from decision-making positions …

Using a three-year panel data (2016–2018) of about 6000 households per year in Nepal,
this study assesses the association between ethnicity and caste-based social differentiation …

Background: Cataracts now account for the largest proportion of the global burden of
blindness and vision loss. Understanding the changing trends in the global burden of …

Reducing household air pollution and protecting eye health are essential to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is contradictory evidence about the …

Despite widespread use of unclean cooking fuels (UCF) in India, evidence from nationally
representative data on its association with visual impairment was lacking. We used a …

Background: Indoor air pollution has been reported to have adverse effects on the eye;
however, the health effects of exposure to cooking with solid fuels on visual impairment …