Mali

Mali

Burkina-Faso

Burkina-Faso

Niger

Niger

Chad

Chad

Cameroon

Cameroon

Polluting cooking fuels: 69% population reliance on polluting household energy.
Deaths: 12,068 each year from household air pollution (5.8% of all mortality).
Climate: 2.8% deforestation in 15 years causing 114 million tons of CO2 equivalent.
National target: 58% clean cooking with LPG by 2030.

Nigeria

Nigeria

Benin

Benin

Togo

Togo

Ghana

Ghana

Cote-d'Ivoire

Cote-d'Ivoire

Liberia

Liberia

Guinea

Guinea

Sierra-Leone

Sierra-Leone

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

Senegal

Senegal

Gambia

Gambia

Mauritania

Mauritania

Algeria

Algeria

Morocco

Morocco

Tunisia

Tunisia

Libya

Libya

Egypt

Egypt

Sudan

Sudan

Central-African-Republic

Central-African-Republic

Congo

Congo

South-Sudan

South-Sudan

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Uganda

Uganda

Polluting cooking fuels: 94% population reliance on polluting household energy.
Deaths: 23,000 each year from household air pollution (9.5% of all mortality).
Climate: Annual consumption of 2.6% of forest cover.
National target: 1 million urban households clean cooking with LPG 2030.

Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo

Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo

Kenya

Kenya

Polluting cooking fuels: 70% population reliance on polluting household energy.
Deaths: 22,109 each year from household air pollution (8% of all mortality).
Climate: 10Mmwood consumed each year producing 25 million tons of CO2 equivalent.
National target: “Clean cooking for all” by 2028

Rwanda

Rwanda

Polluting cooking fuels: 83% population reliance on polluting household energy.
Deaths: 7,467 each year from household air pollution (10.9% of all mortality).
Climate: Scaling clean cooking with LPG by 2030 could save 243 million trees.
National target: 51% reduction in domestic use of solid fuels by 2030.

Burundi

Burundi

Zambia

Zambia

Malawi

Malawi

Namibia

Namibia

Botswana

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

Mozambique

Somalia

Somalia

Eritrea

Eritrea

Djibouti

Djibouti

Path

Path

Path

Path

Tanzania

Tanzania

Polluting cooking fuels: 90% population reliance on polluting household energy.
Deaths: 36,900 each year from household air pollution.
National target: Clean cooking for 75% by 2030.

South-Africa

South-Africa

Madagascar

Madagascar

Path

Path

Path

Path

Path

Path

Path

Path

Path

Path

Gabon

Gabon

Path

Path

Path

Path

Lesotho

Lesotho

Swaziland

Swaziland

About CLEAN-Air(Africa)

The NIHR CLEAN-Air(Africa) Global Health Research Unit is a collaboration of international experts in environmental public health from the UK, Kenya, Cameroon, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda.  The partnership implements research, health systems strengthening, and capacity-building activities across the five focus countries with the explicit objective to address the health burden from household and institutional air pollution from reliance on polluting solid fuels (e.g., wood, charcoal, coal, and biomass) and kerosene.

CLEAN-Air(Africa) aims to provide policy-relevant evidence to raise population awareness of the issue and to support prevention through the transition to clean fuels and energy for cooking.

CLEAN-Air(Africa): Main Aims

Key activities under CLEAN-Air(Africa)

The Unit builds on research, capacity and health systems strengthening initiated under the NIHR CLEAN-Air(Africa) Global Health Research Group in Cameroon, Kenya and Ghana. The Group was launched in 2018 and has achieved significant impact since this time in three key areas to address the global public health burden from reliance on polluting solid fuels and kerosene for household energy.

Exposure to household air pollution

Using state of the art monitoring equipment to quantify adult and child health impacts from exposure to air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels

Clean Cooking with LPG - Cameroon

Transition to clean cooking

Identifying and addressing barriers to cooking with clean fuels. Informing clean energy policy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Community_Training_(best)_CHW_-_Kenya

Strengthening health systems

Training clinical and community health workforces in primary and secondary prevention of household air pollution.

Discover how CLEAN-Air(Africa) is working to tackle household air pollution worldwide:

Where we work

CLEAN-Air(Africa) Case Studies

The work of CLEAN-Air(Africa) has been widely disseminated including recently at COP26. Some of the published case studies highlighting the work of CLEAN-Air(Africa) and its impact can be accessed below. This work forms the foundation of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on CLEAN-Air(Africa).

How CLEAN-Air Africa is tackling the hidden killer of household air pollution

UK NIHR

How CLEAN-Air(Africa) is tackling the hidden killer of household air pollution (Nov 2021)

Tackling the silent killer in the kitchen - household air pollution

University of Liverpool

Tackling the silent killer in the kitchen: household air pollution (Oct 2021)

New research could help boost growth of clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa

UK NIHR

New research could help boost growth of clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa (Nov 2021)

WHO - Making clean cooking affordable and accessible during COVID-19 - pay-as-you-go smart meters promote health equity, Nairobi

WHO

Making clean cooking affordable and accessible during COVID-19: pay-as-you-go smart meters promote health equity, Nairobi

NIHR Case Study

The NIHR have produced a video showcasing the work of CLEAN-Air(Africa). The video highlights two key initiatives; helping resource poor communities access Liquefied Petroleum Gas for clean cooking through smart meter technology and empowering community health workforces to prevent household air pollution related disease.

CLEAN-Air(Africa) Global Health Research Unit Fact Sheet

2.4 billion people rely on polluting solid fuels and kerosene for household energy.

The NIHR CLEAN-Air(Africa) Global Health Research Unit will accelerate the understanding of air pollution related disease burden through a unique set of studies that will strengthen national health systems for community health prevention of HAP related disease and provide evidence-based recommendations for population transition to clean household and institutional energy.

CLEAN-Air(Africa) Global Health Research Unit Newsletters

CAA Unit produces annual newsletters, which are available for you to view using the links on the right.