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
- International Research Continues on Transition to Cleaner Cooking
Global Environmental Health, December 2022
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass for Cooking and Effects on Birth Weight authored by HAPIN Trial investigators, supported by Fogarty and other NIH Institutes and Centers
New England Journal of Medicine, October 10, 2022 -
Exposure Contrasts of Pregnant Women during the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Randomized Controlled Trial, authored by HAPIN Trial investigators, supported by Fogarty and other NIH Institutes and Centers
Environmental Health Perspectives, September 16, 2022 -
Cross-sectional analysis of the association between personal exposure to household air pollution and blood pressure in adult women: evidence from the multi-country household air pollution intervention network (HAPIN) trial, authored by HAPIN Trial investigators, supported by Fogarty and other NIH Institutes and Centers
Environmental Research, August 24, 2022 -
Assessing the Effects of Cooking Fuels on Anopheles Mosquito Behavior: An Experimental Study in Rural Rwanda
co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Joshua Rosenthal
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 21, 2022 -
For Insight Into Cookstove Use, Researchers Turn to Behavioral Science
Global Environmental Health from the National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), February 2022 -
Association between personal exposure to household air pollution and gestational blood pressure among women using solid cooking fuels in rural Tamil Nadu, India, authored by HAPIN trial investigators
Environmental Research, January 2022 -
LPG stove and fuel intervention among pregnant women reduce fine particle air pollution exposures in three countries: Pilot results from the HAPIN trial
Environmental Pollution, December 15, 2021
Fidelity an adherence to a liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention during gestation: the multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) randomized controlled trial, co-authored by Fogarty's Joshua Rosenthal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 29, 2021
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US government announces major re-commitment to clean cooking and the Clean Cooking Alliance
Clean Cooking Alliance news, April 22, 2021
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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
Related Fogarty News and Information
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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 -
Implementing clean cookstoves is ongoing challenge
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Jul / Aug 2018
Global Health Matters
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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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Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
NIEHS
Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016
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Updated December 20, 2022