Open AccessEstimating the burden of disease attributable to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney,
Caleb Wright,
Eugene Cairncross,
Nada Abdelatif,
Annibale Cois,
E B Turawa,
O F Owotiwon,
I Neethling,
Beatrice Nojilana,
Rosana Pacella,
Debbie Bradshaw,
Victoria Pillay-van Wyk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16474
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , burden of disease , disability adjusted life year , attributable risk , disease burden , population , relative risk , air pollution , poverty , confidence interval , demography , toxicology , chemistry , organic chemistry , sociology , economics , biology , economic growth
Household air pollution (HAP) due to the use of solid fuels for cooking is a global problem with significant impacts on human health, especially in low- and middle-income countries. HAP remains problematic in South Africa (SA). While electrification rates have improved over the past two decades, many people still use solid fuels for cooking owing to energy poverty.