cooking with Biomass Briquettes and Rocket Stove

Pneumococcal Carriage

Particulate Matter

Biomass briquettes are made from dried peanut shells. Rocket stoves were designed to efficiently burn the briquettes

Biomass Briquettes and Rocket stove

Medical Research Council Unit

Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Carriage Study

Use of Biomass Briquettes: Its Effect on Indoor Air Pollution and on Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage. A Randomized Clinical Trial

1. Integrated PM2.5 concentrations (48 hour measurements in each kitchen) Integrated PM2.5 concentrations will be measured using gravimetric Casella and SKC pumps, cyclones, and Teflon filters. The pumps will run one minute on, 5 minutes off, for 48 continuous hours in each of the participating cookhouses. These integrated measurements will allow us to compare the emissions from briquettes and firewood.
The measurements will take place at a random time during the 16 week invention period

To measure the prevalence of pneumococcal carriage in both study arms. These surveys will occur at the start of the study (before the intervention) to capture the baseline measurement, and at the end of the study (after the 16 weeks of intervention), to see whether reduced exposure to PMs affects pneumococcal carriage in the mothers and babies

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Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Carriage Study

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