Obama Seeks to Have Turd World Upgraded to Gas Cooking and Electric Lighting, and to Stop Smoking

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Obama Seeks to Have 3rd World Upgraded to Gas Cooking and Electric Lighting, and to Stop Smoking

http://www07.grants.gov/search/searc...W&oppId=175753

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/p...PA-12-202.html

"The NIH announces NIH-funded research and training that would support research into the health impacts of household air pollution (HAP) from the incomplete combustion of biomass or solid fuels used for cooking, heating or lighting. The purpose is to provide opportunities for teams with current programs in lower and middle income countries (LMIC) to conduct research or research training on the relationship between exposure to HAP and the risk for adverse health effects to women and children including but not limited to risks for asthma, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, infections, ocular diseases, burns and scalds, pregnancy outcomes, acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) or impaired growth and development in infants and children, and social and behavioral aspects of stove adoption and reduction in HAP exposures.

The goal of this program is understanding and preventing the adverse health outcomes of HAP to women and children. This research opportunity is timely as a result of the recent formation of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership within the United Nations Foundation that is promoting the global distribution of more advanced cookstoves to improve health (http://cleancookstoves.org).

Examples of (research) may include studies of adverse pregnancy outcomes, women’s or children’s health, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, ALRI and other respiratory diseases, ocular disorders or household-related burns or scalds; health impacts of outdoor air pollution or environmental tobacco smoke; birth cohorts studying prevalence of disease or interventions; social and behavioral studies of health-related household activities such as water or sanitation practices; application of evaluation methods that can assess health impacts in large non-randomized cookstove implementation programs; field application of novel technology such as personal exposure monitors or biomarkers relevant to the purpose of the supplement; studies of children at risk for disease in early life (asthma, child development including impaired learning or cognition, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS etc) as well as other diseases or conditions related to pregnancy or early life risks."

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