Heart attacks and high blood pressure are on the rise in Africa - what does air pollution have to do with it?
The impact of air pollution on African populations is under-researched due to limited air quality data and health studies.
News Day1mon
How bad is air pollution in Africa? If only we knew
Each year, air ... on air pollution and CVD in Africa. Surprisingly, we found only six studies using hospital data to look at the links between these two phenomena, most confined to South Africa.
Boston College6d
Air pollution’s deadly toll in Africa
In the first continent-wide examination of the far-reaching impacts of air pollution in Africa, the international team found that while deaths from household air pollution have declined slightly, ...
DutchNews.NL7d
Dutch invention at the base of world particulate pollution map
The Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) in Leiden presented a map on Friday showing fine particulate levels ...
BBC1y
A breath of fresh data
Researchers believe that more than 700,000 Africans die each year as a result of air pollution – and the ... developed in collaboration with South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial ...
Medical Xpress25d
Heart attacks and high blood pressure are on the rise in Africa—what does air pollution have to do with it?
Our research found only six academic studies exploring the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in the region. The majority focus on urban populations in South Africa. This makes it ...
AllAfrica.com26d
Africa: Heart Attacks and High Blood Pressure Are On the Rise in Africa - What Does Air Pollution Have to Do With It?
Our research found only six academic studies exploring the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in the region. The majority focus on urban populations in South Africa. This makes it ...