2020年4月14日 · Household air pollution is the predominant form of air pollution, but it is declining, whereas ambient air pollution is increasing. We aimed to quantify how air pollution is affecting health, human capital, and the economy across Africa, with a particular focus on Ethiopia, Ghana, and Rwanda.

2024年3月28日 · Exposure to air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death in Africa (HEI 2022), and achieving World Health Organization guidelines could result in significant gains in life expectancy.

Air pollution remains a major challenge in Africa. About 600,000 deaths every year across the continent are associated with this invisible killer.

2024年2月25日 · From deforestation to air pollution and biodiversity loss, here are some of the most pressing environmental issues in Africa this year.

Africa experiences some of the worst air pollution and some of the most severe health consequences in the world. In 2019, air pollution was the second leading risk factor for death across Africa, a large and dynamic continent that is home to more than 1.2 billion people.

2023年11月7日 · A new report in Nature Geoscience has brought to light the challenge of air pollution levels in Africa and why international action is needed to combat it.

2025年2月26日 · In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 85% of the population uses polluting cooking fuels (e.g. wood, charcoal). Incomplete combustion of these fuels generates household air pollution (HAP ...

2024年3月28日 · Air pollution, a growing threat in Africa, is the second leading cause of death after malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and the main environmental risk factor for death in North Africa.

2024年3月28日 · Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa have emerged as Africa’s most polluted countries in terms of air pollution disease burden, a report prepared by Greenpeace Africa and Greenpeace MENA reveals.

Only seven of 54 African countries have reliable, real-time air pollution monitors, says a 2019 UNICEF report. Ground-based, real-time data helps to capture fluctuations in air quality, which is important to improve public awareness, and to help people to alter their behaviours to reduce air pollution and exposure to it.