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Indoor air quality impacts of an improved wood stove in Ghana and an ethanol stove

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Indoor air quality impacts of an improved wood stove in Ghana and an ethanol stove
Categories
Relevant sector: Nutrition, Food Security, Health
Resource type: Document
Resource use: Needs Assessment & Analysis
Language of the document: English
Author
D. Pennise, S. Brant, S. Agbeve, W. Quaye, F. Mengesha, W. Tadele, T. Wofchuck
Organization
Energy for Sustainable Development
Description
This study was undertaken to assess the potential of two types of improved cookstoves to reduce indoor air pollution in African homes. An ethanol stove, the CleanCook, was tested in three locations in Ethiopia: the city of Addis Ababa and the Bonga and Kebribeyah Refugee Camps, while a wood-burning rocket stove, the Gyapa, was evaluated in Accra, Ghana. In both countries, kitchen concentrations of PM2.5 and CO, the two pollutants responsible for the bulk of the ill-health associated with indoor smoke, were monitored in a before and after study design without controls.
Year of publication
2009