ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Lung Health in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing the Need for Cleaner Air.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ambient air pollution and non-communicable respiratory illness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the literature.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Pooled it
- Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Sub-Saharan African Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The role of objective testing in urban adolescents with asthma symptoms in an African centre.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Household smoke exposure risk and acute respiratory infection among children under five years in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the demographic and health surveys.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Air Pollution and Global Pediatric Pneumococcal Disease.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Lung life HRQoL measure: psychometric properties and initial data in presumptive TB.IJTLD open · 2025Article
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- High frequencies of nonviral colds and respiratory bacteria colonization among children in rural Western Uganda.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Pediatric Respiratory Pathogens Circulate in Children and Adults in Communities Near Susceptible Wild Great Ape Populations in Uganda.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Article
- Interventions to reduce the impact of outdoor air pollution on asthma: A systematic review.African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine · 2024Review
- Respiratory disease patterns in rural Western Uganda, 2019-2022.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Air pollution and pregnancy.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
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- Acute lower respiratory infections among children under five in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of prevalence and risk factors.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Caregivers' perspectives on health-related quality of life in young children with TB and respiratory illnesses.Public health action · 2022Article
- Personal air pollutant exposure monitoring in South African children in the VHEMBE birth cohort.Environment international · 2022Article
- Long-Term PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Lung Function in Preschool Children in Low and Middle Income Countries: An Under-Represented Potential Tool to Strengthen Child Health.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- A Scoping Review on Air Quality Monitoring, Policy and Health in West African Cities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Air pollution is increasingly recognized as a global health emergency with its impacts being wide ranging, more so for low- and middle-income countries where both indoor and outdoor pollution levels are high. In Africa, more than 80% of children live in households which use unclean sources of energy. The effects of both indoor and outdoor pollution on lung health on children who are the most vulnerable to their effects range from acute lower respiratory tract infections to long-term chronic health effects. We reviewed the literature on the effects of air pollution in children in Sub-Saharan Africa from prenatal exposure, infancy and school-going children. Data from Sub-Saharan Africa on quantification of exposures both indoor and outdoor mainly utilizes modelling or self-reporting. Exposures to biomass not only increases the risk of acute respiratory tract infections in young children but also increases the risk of carriage of pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract. Although there is limited evidence of association between asthma and pollution in African children, airway hyper-responsiveness and lower lung function has been demonstrated in children with higher risk of exposure. Interventions at a policy level to both quantify the exposure levels at a population level are urgently needed to address the possible interventions to limit exposure and improve lung health in children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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