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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

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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.