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Human-Centered Design Of An Air Quality Feedback System To Promote Healthy Cooking, Chantal Iribagiza
Human-Centered Design Of An Air Quality Feedback System To Promote Healthy Cooking, Chantal Iribagiza
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Household air pollution (HAP) is responsible for almost 4 million premature deaths every year, a burden that is primarily carried by women and children in developing countries. The mortality and morbidity impact of HAP can be significantly alleviated through clean cookstove interventions. However, for these interventions to be effective, the new intervention stove must be a substantially cleaner technology and adoption should be high and sustained over time.
Woody biomass is the fuel of choice in many developing communities, and contributes substantially to HAP. Several organizations have launched clean cooking interventions to address this issue. However, the majority of those …