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Clean Cooking Forum 2022

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William Worodria

Senior Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Dr. William Worodria is a Senior Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. He heads the Division of Pulmonology at Mulago Hospital, and is an Honorary Professor of Medicine at Makerere University. He is an Assistant Adjunct Professor, at Case Western Reserve University, USA and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland.

He is a Founding member and General Secretary of Uganda Thoracic Society, a Founding Director of the Lung Consortium International and the chair of the Makerere Lung Institute Technical Board. He is a Founding Director of World Alliance for Lung and Intensive Care in Uganda and an executive committee member of the Pan African Thoracic Society.

He is an EDCTP Senior Fellow at the Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda and is involved in research in pulmonary complications of HIV and chronic respiratory diseases. He has 133 peer reviewed publications.

Day 0 October 10
Sessions by William Worodria
Day 1 October 11
Sessions by William Worodria
Day 2 October 12
Sessions by William Worodria
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Breakout Room A

Is Household Air Pollution Even More Harmful Than We Thought? Emerging Evidence on the Health Impacts of Household Air Pollution

The relationship between household air pollution and illnesses like pneumonia and heart disease has been well documented. But emerging evidence suggests that the health impacts of household air pollution reach even further, contributing to negative birth outcomes, poor cognition, mental health disorders, and exacerbating COVID-19. New estimates from the World Health Organization show that exposure to household air pollution was responsible for 3.2 million deaths in 2019.

In this session health and air quality experts from across the globe with interdisciplinary backgrounds will discuss the latest and most critical research on clean cooking and health.  Participants will walk away with knowledge and be able to communicate about the latest research on household air pollution and health. The discussion will identify remaining research gaps at the intersection of clean cooking, air quality, and health, and will spur crossdisciplinarity collaboration to fill them.

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Speakers
Donee Alexander Chief Science and Learning Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
Heather Adair-Rohani Technical Lead on Energy and Health, WHO
Maggie Clark Associate Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Colorado State University
Sola Olopade Director, International Programs, Pritzker School of Medicine
Kwaku Poku Asante Director, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service’s Research and Development Division
William Worodria Senior Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Day 3 October 13
Sessions by William Worodria
Day 4 October 14
Sessions by William Worodria
Sessions by William Worodria
Sessions by William Worodria
Sessions by William Worodria
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Breakout Room A

Is Household Air Pollution Even More Harmful Than We Thought? Emerging Evidence on the Health Impacts of Household Air Pollution

The relationship between household air pollution and illnesses like pneumonia and heart disease has been well documented. But emerging evidence suggests that the health impacts of household air pollution reach even further, contributing to negative birth outcomes, poor cognition, mental health disorders, and exacerbating COVID-19. New estimates from the World Health Organization show that exposure to household air pollution was responsible for 3.2 million deaths in 2019.

In this session health and air quality experts from across the globe with interdisciplinary backgrounds will discuss the latest and most critical research on clean cooking and health.  Participants will walk away with knowledge and be able to communicate about the latest research on household air pollution and health. The discussion will identify remaining research gaps at the intersection of clean cooking, air quality, and health, and will spur crossdisciplinarity collaboration to fill them.

Watch this session.

Speakers
Donee Alexander Chief Science and Learning Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
Heather Adair-Rohani Technical Lead on Energy and Health, WHO
Maggie Clark Associate Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Colorado State University
Sola Olopade Director, International Programs, Pritzker School of Medicine
Kwaku Poku Asante Director, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service’s Research and Development Division
William Worodria Senior Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Sessions by William Worodria
Sessions by William Worodria