Part 1: Successful Paper Writing (Prof Martin O’Flaherty)

Dr. Matt Shupler introduces the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE)-Air study, which was carried out among 2,500 households in 120 rural communities of eight countries: Bangladesh, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Dr. Menya describes the utility of case-control studies for health research, particularly for rare outcomes like cancer, including their conduct and analysis.

Prof MBatchou describes The Cameroon Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) Study, part of a wider important public health initiative that has defined the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) worldwide.

Dr Quansah describes how the pilot project (a randomized controlled trial) tests an improved cooking intervention, the Ahotor Oven, aimed at mitigating anemia through improved air quality among reproductive-age women employed in the Ghanaian fish smoking industry.

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.