Also, the air pollution mortality rate including the Ambient (outdoor) air pollution and the household (indoor/near home) air pollution is 105 people per 100,000 of the population, with an approximate 66 per cent of related deaths in rural Ghana due to household or near-home air pollution. Mr Amoasah was making a presentation on the Environment, Health and Economic Impact of Ambient and Household Air Pollution in Ghana. The WHO, has also estimated annual mortality from air pollution to be more than 28,000 of the population, Mr Amoasah said. He said unfortunately, the air pollution disease burden was disproportionately borne by infants and the elderly. He said the programme had improved the air quality monitoring activity of the EPA, especially within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, and could now employ new measurement methods for air quality monitoring and analysis.

Source: GhanaWeb September 24, 2021 20:26 UTC