Multinational modelling of PM_2.5 and CO exposures from household air pollution in peri-urban Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya.

ABSTRACT: In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 85% of the population uses polluting cooking fuels (e.g. wood, charcoal). Incomplete combustion of these fuels generates household air pollution (HAP), containing fine particulate matter (PM_2.5 ) and carbon monoxide (CO). Due to large spatial variability, increased quantification of HAP levels is needed to improve exposure assessment in sub-Saharan Africa. The CLEAN-Air(Africa) study included 24-h monitoring of PM_2.5 and CO kitchen concentrations (n_pm2.5 = 248/n_CO = 207) and female primary cook exposures (n_pm2.5 = 245/n_CO = 222) in peri-urban households in Obuasi (Ghana), Mbalmayo (Cameroon) and Eldoret (Kenya). HAP measurements were combined with survey data on cooking patterns, socioeco

SUBMITTER: Williams H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865494 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature