Sept 2010 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has committed about $25 million over the next five years to improving the health of those who rely on cookstoves. NIH is participating in the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a new public-private partnership led by the United Nations Foundation to improve livelihoods, empower women and children, and combat climate change by creating a sustainable market for clean and efficient cooking stoves and fuels.
Read below how institutes, centers and offices at NIH are engaged in this effort:
- Fogarty International Center (FIC) has continued to support research training programs to increase human capacity in low- and middle-income countries in this field.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) is investigating the connection between air pollution and lung cancer in China, and is also studying the impact of chimney installation on lung cancer and COPD.
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is funding epidemiology studies on cookstove-related effects on pulmonary and cardiac diseases, including hypertension, atherothrombosis, asthma, chronic lung diseases, and co-contaminant effects, as well as funding work on instrumentation and measurement device tec is investing in epidemiology studies and clinical trials on the relationship between indoor air pollution and low-birth weight and child pneumonia, withhnology.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at least one site in India.
- National Institute of Environmental Health Studies (NIEHS) is supporting new and ongoing studies evaluating effectiveness of interventions in Guatemala, India, Nepal, the Gambia, and other countries. NIEHS is also evaluating an expanded array of health endpoints including children’s neurobehavioral development, and developing and evaluating innovative technologies for monitoring cookstove use and human exposures.
- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) is interested in studying the most effective ways to introduce and educate users on safety and proper use of cookstoves
- Office of Research of Women’s Health (ORWH) would like to support research on the impact of cookstoves on women’s health and safety.
