The results of a study conducted by CLEAN-Air (Africa) investigating the impact of use of energy-efficient cookware on LPG adoption has been published in Energy for Sustainable Development.
The official launch of a new sub-Saharan African collaboration led by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) will help scale adoption of clean energy to reduce respiratory and cardiovascular disease from exposure household air pollution, responsible for 634,000 preventable deaths each year in the region.
CLEAN-Air(Africa) Initiative, a collaborative initiative between KEMRI and University of Liverpool and funded by UK National Institute for Health (NIRH), was officially launched yesterday by KEMRI Director General Prof Sam Kariuki at KEMRI Training Centre, Nairobi.
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.
