Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves. This releases harmful pollutants and leads to respiratory illnesses and heart disease, particularly among children.
Household air pollution, mostly from cooking smoke, is linked to over 700,000 premature deaths a year in Africa.
Nigeria is one of the countries where the problem is most acute. In the country’s rural areas, only 5% of the population has access to clean cooking fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas and electricity.
