Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) 2013 - 2016
An advanced cookstove intervention to prevent pneumonia in children under 5 years old in Malawi: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Biomass fuels: the problem
Malawi has one of the highest rates of death among infants and the under fives (69 and 110 per 1000 live births respectively in 2009) despite having made progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality.
Biomass fuels: towards solutions
There are now particularly efficient biomass-burning cookstoves that substantially reduce smoke emissions and exposures.
CAPS - The Trial
The trial will be conducted in rural Malawi.
CAPS - the results
Two year study finds no evidence that cleaner cookstoves reduce pneumonia in children