page_title: Indoor air pollution in developing nations
section_title: Interventions
hierarchical_section_title: Indoor air pollution in developing nations / Interventions
caption_attribution_description: English: Villagers like this woman in Zouzugu, Ghana, prevent dracunculiasis and other waterborne diseases by pasteurizing water in a solar cooker. Français&#160;: Les villageois comme cette femme à Zouzugu, Ghana, évite la Dracunculose et d'autres maladies véhiculées par l'eau en la pasteurisant dans un four solaire.
context_page_description: Indoor air pollution in developing nations is a significant form of indoor air pollution that is little known to those in the developed world.
  Three billion people in developing countries across the globe rely on biomass, in the form of wood, charcoal, dung, and crop residue, as their domestic cooking fuel. Since much of the cooking is carried out indoors in environments that lack proper ventilation, millions of people, primarily poor women and children face serious health risks. The major sources of indoor air pollution include combustion and building materials. Globally, 4.3 million deaths were attributed to exposure to IAP in developing countries in 2012, almost all in low and middle-income countries. The South East Asian and Western Pacific regions bear most of the burden with 1.69 and 1.62 million deaths, respectively. Almost 600,000 deaths occur in Africa,
  200,000 in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 99,000 in Europe and 81,000 in the Americas. The remaining 19,000 deaths occur in high-income countries.
caption: Solar cookers use sunlight as energy source for outdoor cooking.
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