Initiating activities to tackle the health impacts from air pollution in East Africa: bringing together research, policy and practice

Abstract

Air pollution is a global threat to human health, especially in lowand middle-income countries such as those on the African continent. In more than half of the countries across Africa, annual average concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are over 35 μg/m3, the least stringent interim target set by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2021) (Figure 1). This indicates the drastic problem facing human health across Africa in relation to air pollution exposure and subsequent adverse health impacts.