Sector Directory

Organization

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Mission

NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.

Organizational Expertise

Health, Research

Technologies & Fuels

Not Applicable

Clean Cooking Activities

NIH is supporting ongoing HAP research and training programs in India, Nepal, China, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, Bangladesh, and Guatemala. In May 2011, NIH partnered with other U.S. federal agencies to conduct a state of the science workshop on HAP that explored the best approaches to solving this global problem (Science 2011). An NIH-funded study in Guatemala recently showed improved cookstoves with chimneys reduce HAP by 50-90% and save children from dying of acute pneumonia (Lancet 2011). This seminal study offers the promise that cookstove interventions can effectively save lives.

Partnership

NIH is a national partner of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

Regions Operating In

East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Northern America, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

United States

Address

9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda , MD 20892

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Joshua Rosenthal

Title: Acting Deputy Director, Fogarty International Center

Email: rosenthj@ficod.fic.nih.gov