Women in Need, an NGO, in Kaduna on Wednesday called for massive awareness campaign against cooking with firewood to stem cases of deaths arising from smoke inhalation.
Biola Kamardeen, Executive Director of the NGO, said many women were dying from smoke inhaled while cooking with firewood.
Kamardeen attributed the increasing cases of deaths to firewood smoke, particularly among women due to ignorance.
Kamardeen noted that women were at a risk because they were mostly involved in cooking with firewood.
“They sit around the fire while cooking, with eyes becoming red, nose dripping, and sometimes with babies strap on their back,’’ she said.
According to her, smoke affects pregnant women and their unborn babies, with some becoming cancer patients and lungs infections leading to preventable deaths.
Kamardeen said: “Most women, however, are not aware of…
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