Improved cookstoves to reduce household air pollution exposure in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of intervention studies.

ABSTRACT: Household air pollution (HAP), primarily from biomass fuels used for cooking, is associated with adverse health outcomes and premature mortality. It affects almost half of the world's population, especially in low-income and low-resourced communities. However, many of the 'improved' biomass cookstoves (ICS) aimed at reducing HAP lack empirical evidence of pollutant reduction and reliability in the field. A scoping review guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework was systematically conducted to explore and analyse the characteristics of cookstoves to assess the ICS available to meet the socio-economic and health needs of households in sub-Sahara Africa (sSA). The review searched Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, Global Health Database on OVID, BASE, and conducted a grey literatu

SUBMITTER: Phillip E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138283 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature