The NIH announces an opportunity to request an administrative supplement to NIH-funded research and training that would support research into the health impacts of household air pollution (HAP) from the incomplete combustion of biomass or solid fuels used for cooking, heating or lighting.
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purpose of this administrative supplement is to provide opportunities for teams with current programs in lower and middle income countries (LMIC) to conduct research or research training on the relationship between exposure to HAP and the risk for adverse health effects to women and children including but not limited to risks for asthma, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, infections, ocular diseases, burns and scalds, pregnancy outcomes, acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) or impaired growth and development in infants and children, and social and behavioral aspects of stove adoption and reduction