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Dan Pope

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Joined July 2022
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MLI Project Updates: The @CLEANAirAfrica UG team visited Dr. Kibuuka Afizi, Deputy Director of @JinjaRRH and Mr. Kasibante Samuel - REC Administrator, during the @UNCST_Uganda monitoring visit for the Teachbox and Burns study. @rnantanda @jmukwaba @katswincey
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We met with @Makerere Vice Chancellor @ProfNawangwe earlier this week to discuss ongoing preparations for expanding the Lung Institute to enhance lung health service delivery in the country. @ProfIbingira @Jackynakabira @emkansiime @rnantanda @brucekirenga @MORDECAI1992
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New paper by @CleanAirAfrica shows women in urban Africa cooking without LPG & #unclean fuels had higher odds of shortness of breath, headaches & eye irritation than those cooking only with #LPG Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #CleanCooking #HealthBenefits #UrbanAfrica
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About 50 health workers from 50+ facilities are learning how to identify health risks of household #airpollution & develop clean energy solutions at a workshop by @WHO 🇷🇼 HQ, AFRO, with @RwandaHealth, so they can be at the forefront of the battle for clean air. #CleanAir4Health
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Image from WHO Rwanda (@WHORwanda)
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The @CLEANAirAfrica @Lung_Institute team welcomes its new research assistants who will be collecting household energy-related #burns data in hospital settings in #Uganda, covering the Kiruddu National Referral Hospital and the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
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Promoting healthier environments in #Rwanda🇷🇼 @WHO held a multi-sectoral capacity building workshop for @RwandaHealth, @rwandastandards @RwandaFDA, @UNRwanda & others on the @WHO BAR-HAP tool to assess interventions for cleaner cooking and reduce household air pollution.
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Replying to @MinofHealthUG
@MinofHealthUG officials met today with the @CLEANAirAfrica @Lung_Institute team to discuss the training materials for the Community Household Air Pollution Prevention Programme (CHAP-PP) in #Uganda, supporting transition to clean cooking for health.
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Our evaluation of #schools converting to #cleancooking comprises #airpolllution monitoring of school kitchens, catering staff and learners. Students in #Rwanda are eager to wear our measuring equipment and to learn about the health damaging effects of kitchen smoke.
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Watch the latest @CLEANAirAfrica documentary which examines the hidden burden of deaths and ill health resulting from exposure to carbon monoxide from charcoal and other solid fuels in African homes. ➡️youtu.be/swEFas-tq4s?si=kqBz…
Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning in African homes

Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning in African homes

In the film, co-produced by the CLEAN-Air (Africa) team at the Univ...

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CLEAN-Air Africa has now trained 2,500 instructors across Kenya. These instructors will go on to train 120,000 CHWs, with the aim of reaching Kenya’s entire population.
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Image from Research at University of Liverpool (@LivUniResearch)
Image from Research at University of Liverpool (@LivUniResearch)
Image from Research at University of Liverpool (@LivUniResearch)
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Today the @IEA will convene global leaders for a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa to make 2024 a turning point for progress on ensuring clean cooking access for all. @CLEANAirAfrica is working within African communities to help reduce household air pollution
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Less than 24 hours until the Summit on Clean Cooking! We are excited to join @IEA and world leaders to make 2024 a turning point for the sector. @CLEANAirAfrica is proud to advocate for prioritizing #health in financing the #cleanenergy transition to tackle #householdairpollution
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🗣 “Solving access to clean cooking does not require a technological breakthrough. It comes down to political will from governments, development banks & other entities” IEA's @fbirol on what's needed to ensure clean cooking access for all → iea.li/4dwAVqt
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On May 8th 2024, #Tanzania launched its National Clean Cooking Energy Strategy. With a massive TZS 4.6 trillion investment, it targets to reach 80% adoption of #cleancooking energy from 10% today for households by 2034. Schools, colleges, and prisons will also be converted. #SDG7
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Nearly 300 million people need to gain access to cleaner cooking each year to 2030 to achieve universal access goals this decade. The solutions needed to do this are low-cost & all commercially available today. Read more 👉 iea.li/3JPTTdX
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🌍Join us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Grade 7)/Research Fellow (Grade 8) 🔍We're seeking an experienced researcher to coordinate quantitative data streams and analysis for the @CLEANAirAfrica programme. 📌Location: #LIVERPOOL Learn more: cleanairafrica.com/clean-air…
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Equity Group Foundation (EGF) has partnered with @LivUni and the @KEMRI_Kenya to address the detrimental effects of air pollution on health, the environment, and education.
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POSTCARD | Joan Kinya Kimathi, the Air Quality laboratory manager for @CLEANAirAfrica sends us a postcard from New York where she visited @Columbia to learn from leaders in the field of air pollution monitoring and analysis. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/03…
Two people stand in Times Square, New York City. Text overlaid reads: Postcard: Visiting New York to help build new future for Kenya

ALT Two people stand in Times Square, New York City. Text overlaid reads: Postcard: Visiting New York to help build new future for Kenya

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We're delighted to have welcomed the @GEOHealthHub Executive Committee, led by Dr Berhane to the @KEMRI_Kenya/@LivUni Air Pollution Centre of Excellence for discussions on potential collaboration in advancing research on #HAP. Our team,headed by Dr Mwitari, received the delegates
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Replying to @CLEANAirAfrica @TashPerros @LivUni @RBCRwanda @Gasabo_District
Congratulations to the whole team led by Prof. @CMuvunyi & Dr @ClarisseM_K & with support from our PhD students @RREVERIEN & @uzdarren at @Uni_Rwanda for launching our project survey data collection in Kigali for #SDG3 & #SDG7
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