Rural Energy, Pollution and Health LinkagesThis study involves perhaps the largest integrated survey on the subject that covered more than 15,000 households in 4 states of India, with several funding sources Viz., UNDP, EMCaB project of the World Bank and co-ordinated by the Ministry of environment and forests. This study involved recording of Peak Expiratory Flow for more than 30,000 individuals and health profile of more than 80,000 individuals from 103 villages and 22 districts. The monitoring of indoor air quality is being performed in approximately 700 households. The study was designed such that socio-economic conditions are at the center of a triangle covering health, pollution measurements and energy consumption. Thus, closing it from all sides to establish more convincing linkages. http://www.irade.res.in/jp/rural.htm |
