- technology dissemination fellowship program - visiting
practioners program - yunus challenges 2007 – 2013: value from
waste clean hands for health and prosperity affordable small-
scale energy storage solutions indoor air quality pollution
tuberculosis drug adherence 2008 muhammad yunus innovation
challenge: Improving Indoor Air Quality to Break the Cycle of
Poverty 3 billion poor worldwide use solid fuels inside the home
for heat and cooking, which creates smoke pollutant levels often
100 times greater than the recommended thresholds. The
pollutants cause respiratory infections and cancer. Indoor air
pollution is not indiscriminate; the devastating effects are
most strongly felt by women and children. For children under
five, for example, acute lower respiratory infections are the
leading cause of death worldwide. This year's Yunus Innovation
Challenge focuses on improving indoor air quality to break the
cycle of poverty. Indoor air pollution kills 1.6 million people
per year, yet efforts to prevent, monito