[RED DEMOCRATICA] GACC: Kenya can improve health of millions with clean cookstoves

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Syrian opposition proposes cease-fire with UN monitoring Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   February 12, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story GACC: Kenya can improve health of millions with clean cookstoves The health of 5 million or more Kenyans could be improved by the government providing clean cookstoves by the start of next decade, says Radha Muthiah, executive director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. United Nations Foundation President and CEO Kathy Calvin says the UN will contribute $3 million in 2014 to GACC's efforts. 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