Africa is blessed with natural and mineral resources, but exploitation of these resources has
led to extreme pollution of the environment. Population growth and urbanization due to …

Source apportionment (SA) for indoor air pollution is challenging due to the multiplicity and
high variability of indoor sources, the complex physical and chemical processes that act as …

Air quality in cities of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries has deteriorated with the
situation driven by rapid population growth and its attendant increased vehicle ownership …

Studies have shown that exposure to particulate matter (PM) emitted while cooking is related
to adverse human health effects. The level of PM emissions during cooking varies with …

This study examined the role played by foreign direct investment in environmental
degradation-poverty reduction nexus using panel data from 39 sub-Saharan Africa …

Poor indoor air quality is responsible for around 3.2 million premature deaths each year.
Accurately identifying indoor air pollution (IAP) sources is a quintessential step towards …

The combustion of biomass and coal is the dominant source of household air pollution
(HAP) in China, and contributes significantly to the total burden of disease in the Chinese …

In spite of the global outcry for urgent action against air pollution, most African countries lack
functional air quality monitoring stations and data there from; making air quality …

The poorest billion people are distributed throughout the world, though most are
concentrated in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Background Relatively clean cooking fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) emit less
fine particulate matter (PM 2· 5) and carbon monoxide (CO) than polluting fuels (eg, wood …