Improved Cookstoves: An Essential Element in Bettering Household Health

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1 Improved Cookstoves: An Essential Element in Bettering Household Health David E. Whitfield V. Centro de Desarrollo en Energía Solar Regional Conference - LAC Alianza Global de Energía Comunal Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia

2 The most important tool we have to reduce human suffering and relieve environmental degradation.

3 Overview Health, Environment, Economics, Equality Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Ecological Cookers - an important solution Assessing Impact Needs and Opportunities

4 Health Indoor Air Pollution Advanced Respiratory Illness in Children Chronic Bronchitis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in adults Higher prevalence of active tuberculosis Relatively high percentage of morbidity and mortality Cataracts

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7 The most polluted environment in the world.

8 Health 400 developing-world children die every hour from Waterborne diseases cholera, typhoid fever, gastroenteritis, dysentery, infectious hepatitis

9 Health contaminated water, causes diarrhea the most common childhood disease in developing countries Dehydration is the leading cause of death in children five million children die annually also the most common cause of child malnutrition permanently impaired mental and physical development

10 Health Hernias

11 Health Burn injuries

12 Health Gender relationship to health Bolivian girl beside Lake Titicaca Indian girl also harvest dung

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14 Health Gender relationship to health Health effects of domestic use of biomass fuels (wood, dung, agricultural residues) and coal are suffered largely by women and children

15 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Bolivia Africa

16 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves BEFORE IMPROVED COOKSTOVES Central America

17 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Honduras Africa

18 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Stuart Conway,

19 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves

20 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves

21 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Proleña Nicaragua Rogério de Miranda,

22 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves HELPS INTERNATIONAL Don O Neal dononeal@usa.net

23 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Pat Manley, Masons on a Mission, jpmanley@midcoast.com Dean Still, Aprovecho Institute dstill@epud.net Nixtamal cooker in Guatemala

24 Global Impact of Improved Cookstoves Aprovecho cooker in Bolivia

25 Ecological Cookers An Integral Approach to Improved Cookstoves Appropriate technology- Hard Soft 1000 cookers built, 800 people trained in use

26 Ecological Cookers An Integral Approach to Improved Cookstoves These alternative cooking devices, Solar cookers in various forms. Thermal or hay-box cookers and Efficient wood or carbon cookers. when used in combination become - ECOLOGICAL COOKERS.

27 Ecological Cookers - Solar Parabolic Potosi Bolivia

28 Ecological Cookers - Solar Parabolic La Paz Bolivia

29 Ecological Cookers Parabolic Mount Abu India

30 Ecological Cookers - Solar Panel Kenya Africa

31 Ecological Cookers - Solar Panel - using Solar Household Energy s Hotpot System La Paz Bolivia

32 Ecological Cookers - Solar Panel - Cochabamba Bolivia

33 Box Ecological Cookers - Solar ULOG La Paz Bolivia

34 Ecological Cookers - Solar Box With 4 Reflectors Yungas La Paz Bolivia

35 Ecological Cookers - Solar Various La Paz Bolivia

36 Ecological Cookers Retained Heat La Paz Bolivia

37 Ecological Cookers Retained Heat Potosi Bolivia

38 Ecological Cookers Retained Heat Potosi Bolivia

39 Ecological Cookers Aprovecho Efficient wood cooker Potosi Bolivia

40 Ecological Cookers - Aprovecho Fire and no smoke Potosi Bolivia

41 Ecological Cookers - Aprovecho Potosi Bolivia

42 Ecological Cookers - Aprovecho El Alto Bolivia

43 Lessons Learned Death and disability is the result of permitting traditional cooking practices to continue

44 Who Benefits Acute respiratory illness (ARI) is the number one killer of children under 5 years of age in Central America.

45 Who Benefits

46 The Millennium Goals Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Reduce child mortality Promote gender equality and empower women Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global partnership for development Improved stoves substantially contribute

47 Action Needed Now Eradicating indoor air pollution is a Priority Put emphasis on Improved cooking devices programs Integral approach by policy makers Holistic interventions Support for technical development and evaluation Support for small business development, capacity building, information and dissemination Improved cookstoves are the best solution

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56 Methodology A secret of user acceptance - They can be built from locally available materials and by local people within a short time. Since the materials used and skills required in most cases for fabrication is simple, its social adaptation / acceptance is likely.

57 Results - Bolivia Inti Project 97% of those surveyed used the solar cookers 3 times or more a week 89% use the cookers 5 to 7 days a week. (In % were in this category 46% use the cookers 7 days a week. 81% used the solar cookers to prepare 2 or more meals a day. 14% cooked 3 meals a day in the solar cookers. 95% heated water for washing dishes or bathing in their solar cooker. 54% pasteurized water in their alternative cooking devices. The participants developed a significant variety of uses for the solar cookers.

58 A secret of user acceptance - They can be built from locally available materials and by local people within a short time Since the materials used and skills required in most cases for fabrication is simple, its social adaptation / acceptance is likely.

59 Centro de Desarrollo de Energía Solar David Whitfield Director Ruth Whitfield General Coordinator BOLIVIA INTI PROJECT La Paz Cbba Casilla 4723 La Paz Bolivia Sopocachi - La Paz Please use this material freely to encourage Ecological Cooker use and dissemination. Improved cookstoves are the best solution