Under-five mortality is declining in Ghana and many other countries. Very few studies have measured under-five mortality—and its social and environmental risk factors—at fine spatial resolutions, which is relevant for policy purposes. Our aim was to estimate under-five mortality and its social and environmental risk factors at the district level in Ghana.

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A recent survey has revealed that the quality of indoor air in Gurgaon is poor.

As many as 34 percent of the people who spend most of their time indoors, in offices and at homes, have various types of respiratory diseases because of the indoor air pollution.

The Ashden Awards are a globally recognised measure of excellence in the field of sustainable energy and each winner receives up to £30,000 prize money (just under INR 30 lakh) as well as tailored

Investigations in urban areas have just begun to explore how the indoor dust microbiome may affect the pathogenesis of asthma and allery. We aimed to investigate the early fungal and bacterial microbiome in house dust with allergic sensitization and wheezing later in childhood.

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Air pollution is the leading environmental killer in the world, with more than seven million people dying from air-pollution-related causes in 2012 alone, a new UN report has revealed.

This publication provides a snapshot of the progress being made to adopt and implement key actions that can significantly improve air quality. Many of the 193 countries have implemented policies and activities (green) and others are in process (orange), while others still have to adopt or implement them (red).

Cities and towns in India should establish 'clean air zones' to target high-polluting vehicles to help ensure they do not enter city centers, says Blueair a global leader in mobile indoor air purif

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to air pollution, 25/04/2016. The details of funds released to various monitoring agencies under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) for air pollution monitoring during 2012-2016 are given at Annexure-I. The ambient air quality monitoring carried out by CPCB for 13 Indian cities during 2010-2015, which is given at Annexure-II.

The air we breathe indoors is more harmful: research

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