A clean stove will save your family
The warm aroma of simmering garden eggs stew fills the air as Akos, a mother of four, bends over her traditional cookstove, stirring the evening meal. The thick smoke rising from the burning charcoal swirls around her, stinging her eyes and making her cough. For years, this has been her reality—one that she, like many Ghanaian women, has come to accept. However, experts are warning that this daily exposure to smoke is putting her life and the lives of her family members at risk.
Health professionals and researchers are also raising alarms over the impact of household air pollution caused by traditional cookstoves. Dr Louisa Ademki Matey, the Metropolitan Director of Health Services for Accra Metro, is, therefore, advocating for a transition to clean cookstoves, urging husbands to take a...