Commentary: The Ghana Urban Air Quality Project (GHAir): Bridging air pollution data gaps in Ghana

Q3 Environmental Science

Clean Air Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI:10.17159/caj/2021/31/1.11172

C. Sewor, Akua A. Obeng, A. Amegah

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Air pollution has been recognized as a pressing sustainability concern seeing that it is directly mentioned in two SDG targets: SDG 3.9 (substantial reduction of health impacts from hazardous substances) and SDG 11.6 (reduction of adverse impacts of cities on people) (Rafaj et al., 2018). Air pollution, both ambient and indoor, is known to contribute significantly to the global burden of disease, contributing to a majority of non-communicable disease-related deaths in low to middle-income countries in Africa and Asia (WHO, 2016). In 2018, air pollution was attributed to 28,000 deaths in Ghana (Odonkor and Mahami, 2020).

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评论:加纳城市空气质量项目(GHAir):弥合加纳空气污染数据差距

空气污染已被认为是一个紧迫的可持续性问题，因为可持续发展目标的两个具体目标直接提到了空气污染:可持续发展目标3.9(大幅减少有害物质对健康的影响)和可持续发展目标11.6(减少城市对人们的不利影响)(Rafaj等人，2018年)。众所周知，环境和室内空气污染严重加重了全球疾病负担，导致非洲和亚洲中低收入国家大多数与非传染性疾病相关的死亡(世卫组织，2016年)。2018年，加纳的空气污染导致2.8万人死亡(Odonkor和Mahami, 2020年)。

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Clean Air Journal Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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1.80

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： Clean Air Journal is the official publication of the National Association for Clean Air, a not-for-profit organisation. Clean Air Journal is a peer-reviewed journal for those interested in air quality, air quality management, and the impacts of air pollution relevant to Africa. The focus of the journal includes, but is not limited to: Impacts of human activities and natural processes on ambient air quality Air quality and climate change linkages Air pollution mitigation technologies and applications Matters of public policy regarding air quality management Measurement and analysis of ambient and indoor air pollution Atmospheric modelling application and development Atmospheric emissions Other topics on atmospheric physics or chemistry with particular relevance to Africa The scope of the journal is broad, but the core theme of the journal is air quality in Africa.