Household Air Pollution (HAR) is an incredible phenomenon for those unfamiliar with it. A problem of unimaginable proportions, a problem that is largely unknown, and a problem that certainly doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Maybe because it’s sneaky (it kills “slowly”), maybe because it’s multi-sectoral. It’s a major health problem, which sometimes interests environmentalists; it’s an energy problem, but also a human problem, affecting the lifestyles of women and girls first and foremost. But what are we talking about? What is this strange predator, which kills more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined?!
In this series of slides, the funding policy advisor for CSU WHO-IST/WA has put together information and links to help us understand the phenomenon. Until we tackle the problem head-on, for the health of the poorest, for ecosystems and for the planet.
