Did COVID-19 Change the Availability and Use of Clean Energy for Cooking? Evidence From Ghana.

Autor:	Prah RK; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Jack D; Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Tawiah T; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Iddrisu S; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Abubakari SW; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Mujtaba MN; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Tetteh RJ; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Gyaase S; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Twumasi M; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Saah J; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Wilson J; National Petroleum Authority, Accra, Ghana., Addo S; National Petroleum Authority, Accra, Ghana., Pope D; Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Asante KP; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo North Municipality, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana., Puzzolo E; Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Environmental health insights [Environ Health Insights] 2023 Sep 19; Vol. 17, pp. 11786302231198854. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 19 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1177/11786302231198854
Abstrakt:	A major part of Ghana's current household energy policy is focused on using a branded cylinder recirculation model (BCRM) to promote the safe use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for primary cooking. The implementation of the BCRM is expected to increase LPG adoption by households to the announced policy goal of 50% of the population by 2030. We investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the BCRM, availability, and household use of cleaner fuels. This was assessed using existing data on clean fuel use prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional data was collected using questionnaire-based household surveys and qualitative interviews. It was found that the expansion of BCRM was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning activities such as baseline data collection and stakeholder engagement were delayed due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Changes in household incomes during the pandemic had the biggest percentage effect on household choice of cooking fuel, causing a regression in some cases, to polluting fuel use. This study provides insights that could be valuable in future understanding of the interactions between pandemic control measures and economic disruptions that may affect household energy choices for cooking. Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2023.)
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