Integrated activities
Two founding members of IPORA from two different disciplines and two different countries found a complementary interest and skills to capitalize on their expertise, join forces to tackle new issues and involve new partners in their thinking. The LASMES (LAboratoire des Sciences de la Matière, de l‘Environnement et de l’énergie Solaire) team in UFHB, Abidjan, had a history of research on domestic pollution, but this research did not have a health component targeted on children, a highly vulnerable population in front of air pollution. The GhiGS team in UB, France, had a history of research on respiratory pathology in young children, particularly in the field of tuberculosis. The two teams came together to set up a research agenda on the consequences of domestic pollution on child health, and integrated clinical research teams, economists, community members and ministerial authorities into their work.
This agenda includes research on the impact of pollution on respiratory health in children and their family entourage, and on large-scale complex interventions to mitigate domestic air pollution and its health impact.
