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Household air pollution news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Over 3 billion people in the world rely on open fires and rudimentary stoves for cooking food and heating their homes. The combustion of solid fuels like wood, dung, agricultural waste and coal pollutes the household environment with harmful particulate matter and other toxins that are estimated to result in over 2.6 million premature deaths a year (GBD 2016). More than a million additional deaths are attributable to the contribution of emissions from household air pollution (HAP) to ambient (outdoor) air pollution.
NIH has invested in research and training to reduce the impact of HAP, and to improve the health of those who rely on cookstoves. NIH hosts the
Clean Cooking Implementation Science Network and is a co-sponsor, with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, of the
Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial. Numerous NIH Institutes, Centers and Office at the NIH fund research on the health effects of biomass fuels and on interventions to reduce the health burden of cooking and heating with rudimentary stoves and fuels.
Recent News
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Systems science approaches for global environmental health research: Enhancing intervention design and implementation for household air pollution (HAP) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Joshua Rosenthal and Ashlinn Quinn
Environmental Health Perspectives, October 9, 2020
- Publications on the
Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) Trial, funded by NIH and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2020: -
New studies examine air pollution exposure and respiratory health in sub-Saharan Africa featuring research co-authored by Fogarty Scientist Dr Ashlinn Quinn
NIEHS/NIH
Global Environmental Health Newsletter, February 2020 -
Interview with NIH Fogarty International Center Director Dr. Roger Glass [PDF]
American Thoracic Society
Research News Quarterly, September 2019 -
Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Eric Coker sheds new light on Uganda's indoor air pollution
May / June 2019
Global Health Matters -
Building global capacity for air quality research:
Q and A with Dr Jonathan Samet
Mar / Apr 2019
Global Health Matters -
Scaling up clean fuel cooking programs [Open access] edited by Fogarty scientists
Energy for Sustainable Development special issue, October 2018 -
Implementing clean cookstoves is ongoing challenge
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Jul / Aug 2018
Global Health Matters -
In utero exposure to carbon monoxide increases infants' risk of poor lung function
American Thoracic Society news, May 20, 2018 -
International approach to environmental and lung health: a perspective from the Fogarty International Center, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
Annals of the American Thoracic Society via PubMed, April 1, 2018 -
Clean cooking and the SDGs: Integrated analytical approaches to guide energy interventions for health and environment goals [Open access] co-authored by Fogarty scientists
Energy for Sustainable Development via ScienceDirect, December 8, 2017 (online) -
Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, NIH study suggests
NICHD/NIH news, November 16, 2017 -
Implementation science to scale-up clean cooking and improve health
NIEHS
Global Environmental Health newsletter, April 2017 -
Implementation science to accelerate clean cooking for public health [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists
Environmental Health Perspectives, January 2017 -
NIH-funded trial to assess benefits of clean cookstoves
Nov / Dec 2016
Global Health Matters - Full news release:
NIH contributes to global effort to prevent and manage lung diseases
NIH-funded trial will measure health benefits of clean cookstoves
Fogarty/NIH news, October 19, 2016 - Grantee news:
NIH awards $30M to Emory, Johns Hopkins, Colorado State for household air pollution study
Emory University news, October 18, 2016 - Grantee news: Emory, Johns Hopkins researchers get $30M to study household air pollution
Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 26, 2016 - Grantee news:
Hopkins to use $30 million grant to study impact of cooking methods on air pollution
Baltimore Sun, November 7, 2016
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New study finds clean cookstoves may improve women's heart health
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves news, November 21, 2016 -
Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
NIEHS
Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016
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