Benefits of using cleaner cooking fuels are blunted in urban areas where outdoor air is polluted: findings from Ghana, Cameroon and Kenya

By Matthew Shupler, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, Harvard University
Esong Miranda Baame, PhD Candidate, Université de Dschang
Theresa Tawiah, Health Economist ,Department of Environmental Health, Kintampo Health Research Center

Household air pollution from cooking, heating and lighting with fuels like wood, charcoal and kerosene poses a substantial global health problem.

Globally, 2 billion people cook with polluting fuels and are exposed to high levels of household air pollution. The highest proportion live in sub-Saharan Africa, where about…

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