In sub-Saharan Africa, raising population awareness on the health impacts from exposure to household air pollution and prevention through clean cooking, heating and lighting is essential in the drive to scale transition to clean modern energy.
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.
University of Liverpool researchers have conducted the first comprehensive analysis of the substantial health gain that can be realised when switching African homes from polluting fuels to clean fuels such as bottled gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG).
CLEAN-Air(Africa) hosted a pivotal stakeholder meeting in Kampala contributing to Uganda’s national integrated clean cooking program, led by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.
A delegation from the University of Liverpool’s senior leadership team visited partners in Kenya to build collaborative relationships with partners including the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), to seek out new opportunities for collaborative research and teaching as part of Liverpool’s new Strategy 2031.
Through data-driven action, the Air Pollution Centre of Excellence based at KEMRI will contribute to the fight against air pollution, with an evidence-based approach.
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.
