Essays about: "Children respiratory health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Children respiratory health.

  1. 1. Refining the particulate matter airway deposition arising from indoor cooking-related biomass combustion for children in the Haramaya district in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Kasper Malmborn; [2023]
    Keywords : Air pollution exposure; charcoal; wood; animal dung; low-income setting epidemiology; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: Air pollution, a global issue affecting millions of individuals, is linked to adverse health effects on the respiratory system, but also to e.g., cancer and cardiovascular ailments. In low-income countries, cooking is often conducted by biomass-combustion, causing women and children to be exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cooking fuels and children respiratory health: Evidence from Nigeria

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Boishakhy Devi; [2021]
    Keywords : Cooking fuels; Children respiratory health; HAP; ARI; Modern fuels; Nigeria;

    Abstract : Household air pollution (HAP) has been recognized as one of the lethal causes of millions of premature deaths every year, victimizing mainly children and women. Literature suggests that transition to modern cooking fuels such as electricity, biogas from the conventional ones, for instance, fuelwood, coal, can reduce HAP, thus minimize the likelihood of respiratory health problems among household members. READ MORE

  4. 3. Drying Lakes: A Review on The Health Conditions and Restoration Strategies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Anchita Anchita; [2019]
    Keywords : Drying Lakes; Health; Restoration of Lake; Water level; Large Aral Sea; Small Aral Sea; Lake Urmia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Great salt lakes around the world are drying at a rapid rate. The drying salt lakes gives rise to several health and socio-economic concerns for the population in the surrounding region. The respective governments undertook various measures to address the concerns relating to the drying of salt lakes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Factors affecting healthcare-seeking for children below five years with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection in Ethiopia: a Cross-sectional study based on the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Meron Timkete; [2018]
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  6. 5. Smokeless homes : Challenges for Increasing Use of Improved Biomass Cookstoves in Kisumu, Kenya.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Mwanje Dianne; [2018]
    Keywords : Biomass; Dunga wetland community; Improved Biomass Cookstoves; Community Based Organizations; Wise- Kenya; Women’s empowerment;

    Abstract : In Kenya, 69 percent of populations depend on biomass fuels to meet their cooking needs. The incomplete combustion of biomass is performed in insufficiently ventilated settings thus exposing human health and environment to toxic pollution. READ MORE