Part 5: Randomised controlled trial of an LPG cooking intervention on pregnancy/ child health outcomes in Ghana – the GRAPHS trial (Dr. Kwaku-Poku Asante)

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Dr. Asante is the Director at Kintampo Health Research Centre in Ghana and the Trial Director for the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS).

In this presentation Dr. Asante describes the GRAPHS Study – a ground-breaking community-based cluster-randomized trial that evaluates the efficacy of using cleaner cooking technologies (efficient combustion stove) and clean fuels (LPG) for cooking in reducing adverse pregnancy and child health outcomes through improved air quality.

The GRAPHS study was conducted in the Brong-Ahafo region of central Ghana and was funded by the US NIH.

Results from the exposure assessment employed in the GRAPHS study have been published in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-021-00309-5.

To hear Dr. Asante’s presentation please click on the video below

Last updated: March 30, 2023

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