It's #WorldCleanAirDay
#AirPollution kills an estimated 7⃣ million people every year around the 🌎🌍🌏, with 90% of them in low- & middle-income countries.
99% of the world’s population is now breathing polluted air, according to the WHO guidelines:
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#AirPollution kills an estimated 7⃣ million people every year around the 🌎🌍🌏, with 90% of them in low- & middle-income countries.
99% of the world’s population is now breathing polluted air, according to the WHO guidelines:
📌 bit.ly/3BfnGcF
We have the solutions to combat #AirPollution. Let's step up to improve air quality by creating:
🔽ultra-low emission zones
♻️improved waste management
🚴♂️new bike lanes
🚄clean public transportation
🌳outdoor spaces
🏢energy efficient buildings
⚡️clean energy
& much more
🔽ultra-low emission zones
♻️improved waste management
🚴♂️new bike lanes
🚄clean public transportation
🌳outdoor spaces
🏢energy efficient buildings
⚡️clean energy
& much more
It's #WorldCleanAirDay
#AirPollution disproportionately affects the most vulnerable marginalized communities, those with the least resources to protect themselves and specifically children and older persons.
#AirPollution disproportionately affects the most vulnerable marginalized communities, those with the least resources to protect themselves and specifically children and older persons.
It's #WorldCleanAirDay
Sources of #AirPollution include:
🏭 Industry & energy supply
🚘 Transport
🚜 Agricultural practices
🔥 Waste management
🏠 Household energy
☁️ Dust
Sources of #AirPollution include:
🏭 Industry & energy supply
🚘 Transport
🚜 Agricultural practices
🔥 Waste management
🏠 Household energy
☁️ Dust
It's #WorldCleanAirDay
In children 🧒🏽 👧🏾, exposure to #AirPollution can cause:
🫁 reduced lung growth & function
🗣️ respiratory infections
🩺 aggravated #asthma
In children 🧒🏽 👧🏾, exposure to #AirPollution can cause:
🫁 reduced lung growth & function
🗣️ respiratory infections
🩺 aggravated #asthma
Ambient (outdoor) #AirPollution in the form of fine particulate matter or PM2.5, can lead to:
🔸 strokes
🔸 diabetes
🔸 heart diseases
🔸 lung #cancer
🔸 respiratory diseases
It also impacts pre and neonatal health.
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🔸 strokes
🔸 diabetes
🔸 heart diseases
🔸 lung #cancer
🔸 respiratory diseases
It also impacts pre and neonatal health.
📌 bit.ly/3RpXYaO
It's #WorldCleanAirDay
2.4 billion people are exposed to dangerous levels of household #AirPollution because they cook, heat and light their homes using solid fuels like kerosene, wood, animal dung, charcoal and crop waste.
2.4 billion people are exposed to dangerous levels of household #AirPollution because they cook, heat and light their homes using solid fuels like kerosene, wood, animal dung, charcoal and crop waste.
It's #WorldCleanAirDay
Household #AirPollution due to the lack of access to clean fuels & technologies causes noncommunicable diseases including:
🔸Stroke
🔸Ischaemic heart disease
🔸Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
🔸Lung cancer
Household #AirPollution due to the lack of access to clean fuels & technologies causes noncommunicable diseases including:
🔸Stroke
🔸Ischaemic heart disease
🔸Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
🔸Lung cancer
It's #WorldCleanAirDay
3.2 million people die each year from household #AirPollution. Women and young children are the most vulnerable.
Almost half of all deaths among children under 5 are because of household air pollution.
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3.2 million people die each year from household #AirPollution. Women and young children are the most vulnerable.
Almost half of all deaths among children under 5 are because of household air pollution.
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Let's ensure everyone has access to cooking fuels & technologies which are clean for health incl:
⚡️electric
💥natural gas, biogas & liquefied petroleum gas
🌞solar
💧alcohol-fuel stoves
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⚡️electric
💥natural gas, biogas & liquefied petroleum gas
🌞solar
💧alcohol-fuel stoves
📌 bit.ly/2EhgO0O
The WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines provide clear evidence of the damage #AirPollution inflicts on health, at even lower concentrations than previously understood. The guidelines recommend air quality levels by reducing levels of 🔑 air pollutants.
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The WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines recommend air quality levels for 6⃣ pollutants.
Small particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅) are of particular public health relevance, as they are capable of penetrating deep into the lungs 🫁.
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Small particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅) are of particular public health relevance, as they are capable of penetrating deep into the lungs 🫁.
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