Comments on: Solid fuel use and cooking practices as a major risk factor for ALRI mortality among African children http://blogs.washplus.org/iaqupdates/2009/11/solid-fuel-use-and-cooking-practices-as-a-major-risk-factor-for-alri-mortality-among-african-children-2/ from the WASHplus Project Sat, 19 Sep 2015 07:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.4 By: Franklin Chilomba http://blogs.washplus.org/iaqupdates/2009/11/solid-fuel-use-and-cooking-practices-as-a-major-risk-factor-for-alri-mortality-among-african-children-2/#comment-68 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:26:21 +0000 http://iapnews.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-68 Indeed something has to be done if we are to avert the cases of children dying before the age of five. Due to poverty and other factors, most africans are used to solid fuel. For instance in case of malawian forests, we are experiencing rapid deforestation because of the over reliance on fuel wood.
Due to the over reliance to fuel wood and the massive detrsuction of our forests, there is now scarcity of commonly used fuel wood and as a result we are just taking anything that can burn as a source of energy regardless of the toxic smoke they might produce. this is indeed affecting our health and most importantly the health of the innocent children who are always behind the backs of their mothers who are most of the times busy cooking using such a staff.

It is therefore necessary to intervene at a right time before the problem posits itself into an alarming magnitude.

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