Although other method of cooking; like kerosene stove, gas cooker and electricity have since been invented, but due to the level of poverty in Nigeria, most people, especially those in the rural areas still using firewood for their day to day cooking because they cannot afford the other less risky means.
The use of firewood for cooking poses a great health risk on the users. When wood is burnt it releases gases which account for a large amount of the energy and heat produced. It also releases a lot of carbon dioxide and small particles into the air, which when inhaled places the person using it and everyone around at the risk of health issues such as pneumonia, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic lung disease and lung cancer.
The new improved firewood stoves focuses on the “triple benefits” they provide, in improved health and time savings for households, in preservation of forests and associated ecosystem services, and in reducing emissions that contribute to global climate change.
Cooking over a traditional open fire or mud stove can cause increased health problems brought on from the smoke, particularly lung and eye ailments, but also birth defects. The health problems associated with cooking using biomass in traditional stoves affect women and children most strongly, as they spend the most time near the domestic hearth.
Replacing the traditional 3-rock cook stove or mud stove with an improved one and venting the smoke out of the house through this improved firewood stoves that conserves heat can significantly improve a family’s health.
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