Healthy dwellings in Sub-Saharan Africa: from residential waste management to children’s health

People living in deprived communities are regularly exposed to higher levels of outdoor and indoor pollution, either from burning at nearby landfill waste sites or through using unclean fuels. One method of alleviating this is to use biogas from waste directly as cooking fuel, which could help the existing waste management problem in cities such as Kisumu, Kenya, and improve the health of its residents. Solid waste management is a complex issue involving numerous stakeholders with differing views.

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