ics greatly improve women's health (world health organization, who)
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ICS greatly improve women's health (World Health Organization, WHO). Ms. Haj Aisha Kano State, Nigeria Switched all her cooking from a three-stone fire to ICS, cooks for 35 people everyday. Source: CQC. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ICS greatly improve women's health (World Health Organization,
WHO)
» Cooking over open fire, equivalent to two packs of unfiltered cigarettes per
day, causing two million deaths annually
» Since women do the majority of cooking and breathing of smoke, they are disproportionately affected by related health issues
» Compromised respiratory function increases vulnerability to other diseases
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Ms. Haj AishaKano State, Nigeria
Switched all her cooking from a three-
stone fire to ICS, cooks for 35 people
everyday
Source: CQC
» Efficient cook stoves dramatically reduce incidence of death and disease associated with indoor air pollution by achieving combustion of most of the elements of smoke that cause serious health problems
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Health impact on children (World Health Organization, WHO)
» 195,000 fire-related burn deaths each year, over 95% in developing countries.
» Exposure to indoor cooking smoke doubles a child’s risk of contracting pneumonia
» Pneumonia is the #1 killer of children under the age of 5 (ahead of AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and water-borne diseases).
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Typical 24-hour mean levels of small particles (PM10*) in micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3), early 2000s
The Killer in the Kitchen
*PM10: Particulate matter pollution of liquid and solid particles floating in the air that are small enough to be inhaled into the deepest parts of the lung.