WHO guidelines for indoor air quality : household fuel combustion.

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Imprint:Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, [2014]
©2014
Description:xvi, 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10740034
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Varying Form of Title:Household fuel combustion
Other authors / contributors:World Health Organization, issuing body.
ISBN:9241548878
9789241548878
9789241548885
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Built on existing WHO indoor air quality guidelines for specific pollutants, these guidelines bring together the most recent evidence on fuel use, emission and exposure levels, health risks, intervention impacts and policy considerations, to provide practical recommendations to reduce this health burden.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The health burden from household fuel combustion
  • 1.2. Scoping questions
  • 1.3. Who guidelines relating to this topic
  • 1.4. Target audience
  • 2. Guideline development process
  • 2.1. Scope of the guidelines
  • 2.2. Evidence review
  • 2.3. From evidence to recommendations
  • 3. Individuals and partners involved in the development of these guidelines
  • 3.1. WHO steering group (SG)
  • 3.2. Guideline development group (GDG)
  • 3.3. External peer-review group (EPRG)
  • 3.4. Management of conflicts of interest
  • 4. Recommendations
  • 4.1. Focus of recommendations
  • 4.2. General considerations
  • 4.3. Recommendation 1: Emission rate targets
  • 4.4. Recommendation 2: Policy during transition to technologies and fuels that meet WHO air quality guidelines
  • 4.5. Recommendation 3: Household use of coal
  • 4.6. Recommendation 4: Household use of kerosene (paraffin)
  • 4.7. Good practice recommendation: securing health and climate co-benefits
  • 5. Implementation of the guidelines
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Approach to implementation: collaboration and the role of the health sector
  • 5.3. Needs assessment
  • 5.4. Intervention options and strategies
  • 5.5. Policy for effective and sustained adoption
  • 5.6. Standards, testing and regulation
  • 5.7. Monitoring and evaluation: assessing the impact of these guidelines
  • 5.8. Research needs
  • 6. Updating the guidelines
  • 6.1. Web-based updates
  • 6.2. Updates based on substantial new evidence
  • Annex 1. Steering, advisory and external review groups
  • Annex 2. Summary of conflict of interest (COI) management
  • Annex 3. Summary of evidence reviews
  • Annex 4. Recommendation 1 - Emission rate targets: assessment of the quality of the evidence and strength of the recommendation
  • Annex 5. Recommendation 2 - Policy during transition: assessment of the quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendation
  • Annex 6. Recommendation 3 - Household use of coal: assessment of the quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendation
  • Annex 7. Recommendation 4 - household use of kerosene: assessment of the quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendation
  • Annex 8. Policy considerations for the best-practice recommendation on climate co-benefits
  • Annex 9. International standards and testing facilities
  • Index