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Interventions in the energy sector offer significant opportunities for reducing both greenhouse and other health-damaging pollution, resulting in what are called "co-benefits." The health community plays a critical role in evaluating such interventions to optimize progress of both sorts because both affect health. In detail, analyses require sophisticated modeling and specific local information. As a starting point, however, we offer here a set of scoping methods for obtaining a quick assessment of these co-benefits for interventions in the energy sector, the arena with the highest potential for significant co-benefits. Thus we combine relevant methods developed separately in recent years for cost-effectiveness assessments in the climate change, health, and development communities. We offer sample calculations, which illustrate the apparent high degree of co-benefit effectiveness for targeted interventions in the household energy sector in developing countries.
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Air Pollution, Indoor Environment
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General Geographic Feature
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Global or Unspecified Location
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Cardiovascular Impact, Morbidity/Mortality, Respiratory Impact
- Cardiovascular Impact, Morbidity/Mortality, Respiratory Impact: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Lung Cancer, Other Respiratory Impact, Specify
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Lung Cancer, Other Respiratory Impact, Specify: Acute lower respiratory infection
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Cost/Economic Impact Prediction, Methodology
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Research Article, Review Article
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Mitigation , Vulnerable Population
- Mitigation , Vulnerable Population: Adaptation Co-Benefit/Co-Harm, Vulnerability Assessment
- Mitigation , Vulnerable Population: Mitigation Co-Benefit/Co-Harm
- Mitigation , Vulnerable Population: Children