Today we officially launched our RCT to address the barriers to exclusive clean cooking in Tanzania under the theme “Ondoa Moshi, Okoa Maisha” (Reduce Smoke, Save Lives)!
Today we officially launched our RCT to address the barriers to exclusive clean cooking in Tanzania under the theme “Ondoa Moshi, Okoa Maisha” (Reduce Smoke, Save Lives)!
The proposed training programme is a collaborative effort between CLEAN-Air(Africa) the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and University of Liverpool – that aims to foster opportunities for cross-fertilisation of ideas, and networking.
CAA Unit colleagues at Douala General Hospital participated in this event, the first of its kind in Cameroon.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Advancing Global and Regional Health Climate Action: Bridging Research, Policy, and Implementation for Universal Health Coverage,”.
Each year in sub-Saharan Africa more than 6000 deaths are recorded from carbon monoxide poisoning from use of charcoal for cooking and heating. In fact many deaths from CO go unreported and the burden is likely much greater.
The University of Liverpool has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with government stakeholders in Kenya to coincide with the launch of a new initiative to address the burden of disease from household air pollution (HAP). This will provide more than 16,000 community groups direct access to life saving information about preventing exposure to HAP.
The CLEAN-Air(Africa) Unit is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Grade 7) / Research Fellow (Grade 8) for employment at University of Liverpool.
The University of Liverpool and the Kenya Medical Research Institute
(KEMRI) have officially partnered with Equity Group Foundation to evaluate the health impacts of
transitioning Schools from reliance on wood fuel to clean cooking with Liquefied Petroleum (LPG) Gas
under the Equity’s “Clean Cooking Initiative”.
Researchers from the University of Liverpool, dedicated to addressing the issue of household air pollution (HAP) in sub-Saharan Africa, have released new data to better understand the problem.
This research was funded by the NIHR (NIHR134530) using UK aid from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK government.
