Cleaner cooking could save 4.7 million lives in Africa by 2040, IEA says

A report by the International Energy Agency says nearly 5 million deaths could be prevented by 2040 if more people in Africa had better facilities on which to cook their meals. ASSOCIATED PRESS - KHALIL SENOSI

Getting homes in Africa to stop burning wood, charcoal or dung to feed fires for cooking and use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), bioethanol and biogas could prevent 4.7 million premature deaths between now and 2040, according to a report published on Friday by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

One billion Africans are making their meals on open fires or with fuels that are jeopardising their health due to the pollution given off by the smoke.