WASHplus Weekly, Issue 115 September 6, 2013 | Focus on Monitoring & Evaluation of Cookstoves
This issue contains 2013 studies and resources on the monitoring and evaluation of cookstoves. Studies discuss the need for improved exposure assessment, the importance of multiple replicate tests, how to quantify stove adoption with stove use monitors, and other issues.
Country studies evaluate use of the Jiko Poa cookstove in Kenya and solar ovens in Nigeria. A rapid assessment in Ghana offers a rigorous modest-cost method for evaluating user uptake, field-based stove performance, and exposure to smoke. Other country studies discuss carbon monoxide measurements as a surrogate for particulate matter measurements in Guatemala and factors that influence cookstove adoption in Indonesia.
