Cover
Contents
Foreword
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
1. Introduction
1.1 The health burden from household fuel combustion
1.2 Scoping questions
1.3 WHO guidelines relating to this topic
1.4 Target audience
2. Guideline development process
2.1 Scope of the guidelines
2.2 Evidence review
2.2.1 Evidence required to address scoping questions
2.2.2 Framing of questions
2.2.3 Evidence reviews and other information supporting recommendations
2.3 From evidence to recommendations
2.3.1 Overview
2.3.2 The causal chain
2.3.3 Assessment of the quality of the evidence
2.3.4 Adaptation of the GRADE methodology
2.3.5 Determining the strength of recommendations
2.3.6 Procedure for group decisions
3. Individuals and partners involved in the development of these guidelines
3.1 WHO steering group (SG)
3.2 Guideline development group (GDG)
3.3 External peer-review group (EPRG)
3.4 Management of conflicts of interest
4. Recommendations
4.1 Focus of recommendations
4.2 General considerations
4.3 Recommendation 1: Emission rate targets
4.4 Recommendation 2: Policy during transition to technologies and fuels that meet WHO air quality guidelines
4.5 Recommendation 3: Household use of coal
4.6 Recommendation 4: Household use of kerosene (paraffn)
4.7 Good practice recommendation: securing health and climate co-benefits
5. Implementation of the guidelines
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Approach to implementation: collaboration and the role of the health sector
5.3 Needs assessment
5.4 Intervention options and strategies
5.4.1 Roles of clean fuels and lower emission solid fuel stoves
5.4.2 Patterns of adoption of newenergy and fuel technologies across society
5.4.3 Evaluating intervention options.

5.5 Policy for effective and sustained adoption
5.6 Standards, testing and regulation
5.7 Monitoring and evaluation: assessing the impact of these guidelines
5.8 Research needs
6. Updating the guidelines
6.1Web-based updates
6.2 Updates based on substantial new evidence
Annex 1: Steering, advisory and external review groups
Annex 2: Summary of conflict of interest (COI) management
Annex 3: Summary of evidence reviews
Annex 4: Recommendation 1 - Emission rate targets: assessment of the quality of the evidence and strength of the recommendation
Annex 5: Recommendation 2 - Policy during transition: assessment of the quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendation
Annex 6: Recommendation 3 - Household use of coal: assessment of the quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendation
Annex 7. Recommendation 4 - household use of kerosene: assessment of the quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendation
Annex 8: Policy considerations for the best-practice recommendation on climate co-benefits
Annex 9: International standards and testing facilities
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