This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia … children and adult cooks in treated households relative to control households. The results advance understanding of the health … in height-for-age of young children exposed during their first years of life, compared with a control group of households …

with which villagers use improved biomass-burning Mirt injera cookstoves in rural Ethiopia. Understanding whether, how much …, and why improved cookstoves are used is important, because use of the improved stove is a critical determinant of indoor … example, a critical aspect of crediting improved cookstoves? climate change benefits under the United Nations Reducing …

household air pollution reductions from an improved biomass cookstove promoted in rural Ethiopia, the Mirt improved cookstove …Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption … and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine …

being implemented in rural Ethiopia. Knowing more about how households interact with improved cookstoves is important …

This paper reports on electronically-monitored improved use of the “Mirt” biomass stove in Ethiopia over a relatively …

Over the past decades child stunting in Ethiopia has persisted at alarming rates. While the country experienced several … aid in reducing child malnutrition. Using nationally representative household surveys from 1995-96 and controlling for … program placement, Yamano, Alderman, and Christiaensen find that children between 6 and 24 months experienced about 0.9 cm …

the role of livestock inventories as a buffer stock in rural Ethiopia. The results show that relatively land …

Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper … of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …

Recent surveys show considerable progress in maternal and child health in Ethiopia. The improvement has been in health … inequalities by household wealth status, mothers? education, and place of residence. It is based on four Demographic and Health … outcomes and health services coverage. The study examines how different groups have fared in this progress. It tracked 11 …

uses a sample of children under 48 months in rural areas of India from the Third Round of District Level Household Survey … in a household without access to improved sanitation in a village without coverage of improved sanitation and children …This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a …