Indoor air pollution
External links
To combat the substantial and growing burden of disease, the World Health Organization has developed a comprehensive programme to support developing countries. WHO's Programme on Indoor Air Pollution focuses on:
The WHO website also features extensive links to relevant sites.
The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) was launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. It brings together governments, industry and non-governmental organisations - including ITDGPractical Action - to increase the use of affordable, reliable, clean, and efficient home cooking and heating practices, and aspires to halving mortality related to indoor air pollution in targeted areas. PDF poster
The World Bank Clean Air Initiative (CAI) advances innovative ways to
improve air quality in cities by sharing knowledge and experiences through
partnerships in selected regions of the world.
The HEDON
Household Energy Network is an informal forum dedicated to improving
social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion
of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household
energy sector. ITDGPractical
Action is a core member. The HEDON website features extensive links and publications on energy and indoor air
pollution.
Sparknet is a formal knowledge network on
sustainable energy for low-income households in rural areas in Southern and
Eastern Africa, led by ITDGPractical Action. Key themes include household energy and
health, household energy and gender, and household energy and forestry.
ENERGIA is an international network on gender and sustainable energy which links individuals and groups concerned with energy, sustainable development, and gender.
US Environmental Protection Agency - Indoor Air Quality
The
Shell Foundation Breathe Easy Network aims to raise
awareness of the health impacts of household energy in the context of acute
poverty and to build capacity in the identification and implementation of
potential solutions. The network is knowledge based, providing resources to
members such as relevant news, details of events, access to publications,
details of courses, useful contacts in India and worldwide, and availability of
resources for project development and implementation.
GTZ ProBEC have a large improved stoves programme across Southern Africa.
Professor Kirk R Smith, University of California at
Berkeley
Professor Smith's research involves relationships among
environmental quality, health, resource use, development, and policy in
developing countries His recent research has been greatly focused on household
fuel usage and indoor air pollution in developing counties, such as India and
Guatemala: Stove intervention study in the Guatemalan Highlands
Dr Nigel Bruce, University of
Liverpool
Current research includes work on the health impact of
household energy and indoor air pollution on health of children and adults, and
links to poverty reduction and development.
The burden of disease from indoor air pollution in
developing countries - Kirk Smith and Sumi Mehta: www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACN654.pdf
A comparison of estimates,
7 May 2000. From the USAID Development Clearing House.
Understanding household demand for indoor air pollution
control in developing countries - Bruce Larson and Sydney Rosen: www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACN656.pdf
USAID report revised Apr
2001. From the USAID Development Clearing House.
Household benefits of indoor air pollution control in
developing countries - Bruce Larson and Sydney Rosen: www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACN655.pdf
Report, 2000. From the
USAID Development Clearing House.
Household Smoke Monitoring:
www.hedon.info/goto.php/HouseholdSmokeMonitoring
This
'how-to' guide reflects the methodology used by Practical Action in its current
work.
