– 900 million Africans cook using solid fuels.
– 3,8 million people die prematurely from household air pollution.
– Household air pollution causes: stroke, ischaemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.
– Solid-fuel cooking in SSA accounts for up to 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 6% of global black carbon.
– 3,8 million people die prematurely from household air pollution.
– Household air pollution causes: stroke, ischaemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.
– Solid-fuel cooking in SSA accounts for up to 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 6% of global black carbon.
900 million Africans cook using solid fuels (wood, crop wastes, charcoal, coal and dung) and kerosene in open fires and inefficient stoves. Most of these people are poor, and live in low- and middle-income countries.
3.8 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to household air pollution from inefficient cooking practices using polluting stoves paired with solid fuels and kerosene.
Household air pollution causes noncommunicable diseases including stroke, ischaemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.
Close to half of deaths due to pneumonia among children under 5 years of age are caused by particulate matter (soot) inhaled from household air pollution.