Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley

Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley

Executive Summary: Introduction: Pollution induced respiratory diseases have increased worldwide, a phenomenon that can be largely attributed to environmental effects. Among environmental factors, air pollution is identified to be a major threat to human health. Excessive exposure and inhalation of...

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Main Authors: Karki, Khem Bahadur, Dhakal, Purushottam, Shrestha, Srijan Lal, Joshi, Hari Datt, Aryal, Krishna Kumar, Poudyal, Anil, Puri, Sajan, Verma, Sharat Chandra, Pokhrel, Amod, Lohani, Guna Raj, Dhimal, Meghnath
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: Nepal Health Research Council 2017
Subjects:
Air Pollution
Respiratory Health Effects
Kathmandu Valley
Online Access:http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/761
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spelling oai:103.69.126.140:123456789-7612023-01-04T07:58:01Z Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley Karki, Khem Bahadur Dhakal, Purushottam Shrestha, Srijan Lal Joshi, Hari Datt Aryal, Krishna Kumar Poudyal, Anil Puri, Sajan Verma, Sharat Chandra Pokhrel, Amod Lohani, Guna Raj Dhimal, Meghnath Air Pollution Respiratory Health Effects Kathmandu Valley Executive Summary: Introduction: Pollution induced respiratory diseases have increased worldwide, a phenomenon that can be largely attributed to environmental effects. Among environmental factors, air pollution is identified to be a major threat to human health. Excessive exposure and inhalation of Particulate Matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), Carbon monoxide (CO) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can lead to upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children and can cause chronic health impacts in adults. Major cities of Nepal are now considered unhealthy due to increase in population, unplanned urbanization, and industrial and vehicular emissions and so on. Beside these factors, improper implementation of policies and programs are also driving forces contributing to increase air pollution in Kathmandu Valley. Despite this situation, continuous air quality monitoring is not in place except some scanty reports from some places for some specific period of time. In order to find out a year round situation of the ambient air pollution in Kathmandu valley, Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) conducted a ‘Situation Analysis of the Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Effects in Kathmandu Valley,2015’ from 13 February 2014- 12 February 2015. 2017-01-25T07:18:47Z 2022-11-08T10:20:02Z 2017-01-25T07:18:47Z 2022-11-08T10:20:02Z 2016 Technical Report Karki KB, Dhakal P, Shrestha SL, Joshi HD, Aryal KK, Poudyal A, Puri S, Verma SC, Pokhrel A, Lohani GR, Dhimal M. Situation Analysis of Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Effects in Kathmandu Valley, 2015. Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepal Health Research Council, 2016 http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/761 en_US application/pdf Nepal Health Research Council
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topic Air Pollution
Respiratory Health Effects
Kathmandu Valley
spellingShingle Air Pollution
Respiratory Health Effects
Kathmandu Valley
Karki, Khem Bahadur
Dhakal, Purushottam
Shrestha, Srijan Lal
Joshi, Hari Datt
Aryal, Krishna Kumar
Poudyal, Anil
Puri, Sajan
Verma, Sharat Chandra
Pokhrel, Amod
Lohani, Guna Raj
Dhimal, Meghnath
Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley
description Executive Summary: Introduction: Pollution induced respiratory diseases have increased worldwide, a phenomenon that can be largely attributed to environmental effects. Among environmental factors, air pollution is identified to be a major threat to human health. Excessive exposure and inhalation of Particulate Matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), Carbon monoxide (CO) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can lead to upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children and can cause chronic health impacts in adults. Major cities of Nepal are now considered unhealthy due to increase in population, unplanned urbanization, and industrial and vehicular emissions and so on. Beside these factors, improper implementation of policies and programs are also driving forces contributing to increase air pollution in Kathmandu Valley. Despite this situation, continuous air quality monitoring is not in place except some scanty reports from some places for some specific period of time. In order to find out a year round situation of the ambient air pollution in Kathmandu valley, Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) conducted a ‘Situation Analysis of the Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Effects in Kathmandu Valley,2015’ from 13 February 2014- 12 February 2015.
format Technical Report
author Karki, Khem Bahadur
Dhakal, Purushottam
Shrestha, Srijan Lal
Joshi, Hari Datt
Aryal, Krishna Kumar
Poudyal, Anil
Puri, Sajan
Verma, Sharat Chandra
Pokhrel, Amod
Lohani, Guna Raj
Dhimal, Meghnath
author_facet Karki, Khem Bahadur
Dhakal, Purushottam
Shrestha, Srijan Lal
Joshi, Hari Datt
Aryal, Krishna Kumar
Poudyal, Anil
Puri, Sajan
Verma, Sharat Chandra
Pokhrel, Amod
Lohani, Guna Raj
Dhimal, Meghnath
author_sort Karki, Khem Bahadur
title Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley
title_short Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley
title_full Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley
title_fullStr Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley
title_full_unstemmed Situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in Kathmandu valley
title_sort situation analysis of ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in kathmandu valley
publisher Nepal Health Research Council
publishDate 2017
url http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/761
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