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Programme de Licence en Ingenierie Biomedicale et Energetique

Université Évangelique du Cameroun, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies (2019) C1

I.OBJECTIFS DE LA FORMATION: A la fin de la formation et dans l’option particulièrement choisis, le titulaire d’uneLicence en Génie Biomédicale devrait être opérationnel dans les domaine suivants:

Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

Contains tools and resources for countries to develop clean household energy policies and programmes.

Solar and wind energy system Khayelitsha District Hospital (South Africa)

Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (2015) CC

Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies

Moner-Girona, M.; et al. (2021) CC

Joule 5, 2687–2714 October 20, 2021 Cell Press

Powering Healthcare Solutions Catalogue

Sustainable Energy for All; The World Bank; ESMAP (2020) CC

This catalogue serves the purpose of connecting stakeholders from the energy and health sectors with solutions providers, to help meet the energy needs of healthcare facilities in response to COVID-19 and beyond. The solutions provided herein represent a sample of a larger group of solution prov... more

Potential for solar thermal heating in South African hospitals

Buckley, A.; D. Fitzgerald, U. Terblanche and K. Kritzinger Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES) at Stellenbosch University (2018) CC

Global impact of war in Ukraine on food, energy and financy systems

United Nations UN (2022) CC

13 April 2022

The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security

Benton, T.; et al. Chatham House (2022) CC

Cascading risks from rising prices and supply disruptions, April 2022. Global resource markets are still reeling from the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the two countries are major suppliers of energy, food and fertilizers. Supply disruption and the sudden imposition, in response to the... more

Air quality index annual update

Greenstone, M.; C. Hasenkopf and K. Lee University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (2022) C1

During the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s economy slowed. Yet, the global annual average particulate pollution (PM2.5) was largely unchanged from 2019 levels. At the same time, growing evidence shows air pollution—even when experienced at very low levels—hurts human health. T... more

Air quality index India Fact Sheet 2022

Greenstone, M.; C. Hasenkopf and K. Lee University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (2022) C1

India is the world’s second most polluted country. Air pollution shortens average Indian life expectancy by 5 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) of 5 μg/m3 was met. Some areas of India fare much worse than avera... more

Air quality index Southeast Asia Fact Sheet 2022

Greenstone, M.; C. Hasenkopf and K. Lee University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (2022) C1

Virtually all (99.9 percent) of Southeast Asia’s 656.1 million people live in areas where particulate pollution exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 5 μg/m³. Despite the lockdowns of the pandemic, pollution continued to rise in much of Southeast Asia in 2020. This pollution c... more

Air quality index Central and West Africa Fact Sheet 2022

Greenstone, M.; C. Hasenkopf and K. Lee University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (2022) C1

In Central and West Africa, regions together comprising 27 countries and 605 million people, the average person is exposed to particulate pollution levels that are more than 4 times the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guideline of 5 μg/m³1. If these particulate pollution levels persist, averag... more

Air quality index Bangladesh Fact Sheet 2022

Greenstone, M.; C. Hasenkopf and K. Lee University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (2022) C1

Bangladesh is the world’s most polluted country. Air pollution shortens the average Bangladeshi’s life expectancy by 6.9 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 5 μg/m³ was met. Some areas of Bangladesh fare much worse than average, with air poll... more

Global gendered impacts of the Ukraine crisis on energy access and food security and nutrition

Economic Empowerment Section of UN Women United Nations UN (2022) C1

The war in Ukraine has had devasting impact on women and girls worldwide, widening gender gaps and increasing rates of food insecurity, malnutrition and energy poverty. This brief reviews the available evidence of that impact, recommending urgent attention to its consequences for women and girls. I... more

Regional Economic Prospects Report (September 2022): A Cold Winter Ahead? - Confronting the energy crunch

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Reliefweb OCHA Services (2022) C2

EBRD expects Ukraine’s economy to contract by nearly a third in 2022 - EBRD continues to expect Ukraine’s economy to shrink by 30 per cent in 2022 - Bank lowers 2023 GDP growth forecast from 25 per cent to 8 per cent - EBRD Regional Economic Prospects (REP) report highlights war-induced uncer... more

Clean household energy policy and programme planning guide

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) is one of the greatest environmental risks to human health worldwide. Policies to accelerate the adoption of clean cooking, heating and lighting are essential for reducing HAP and the enormous burden of disease it causes and for lowering climate-warming emis... more

Opportunities for transition to clean household energy in Rwanda

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Almost the entire Rwandan population (98.5%) relies on polluting fuels, particularly firewood and charcoal, for cooking. Access to clean energy such as electricity is still limited. In 2022, 70% of the population lived in towns and villages that have electricity – 49% from the national grid and 21... more

Opportunities for transition to clean household energy in Nepal

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

According to the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 66% of Nepali households use mainly solid fuel for cooking on inefficient stoves. Incomplete fuel combustion of solid fuels emits greenhouse gases and harmful smoke, contributing to climate change, forest degradation, ill health and preventa... more

Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

A systematic review of the evidence has demonstrated the key role of clean household energy in improving global health, reaffirming the importance of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, to achieve worldwide access to affordable, modern and clean energy by 2030.

Renewable energy solutions improve children’s health and wellbeing in Malawi

Unicef (2021) C_UNICEF

UNICEF Malawi and its partners are prioritizing renewable energy solutions for children and communities across the country to access clean and affordable electricity, with a focus on hard-to-reach, rural communities unable to access the national electricity grid.