1. Air Quality Yangon
Kirt A. Page, Ph.D.
pageka@gmail.com
airqualityyangon@gmail.com

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https://www.stateofglobalair.org

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https://www.stateofglobalair.org
• 4 million deaths due to ambient air pollution
• 3 billion people do not have access to clean
cooking/heating fuels
• 3.8 million deaths (2016) due to HAP
• The good news. In Myanmar, deaths per
100,00 have dropped by half since 1990.
• Access to cleaner cooking fuels can help

4. Particulate Matter Pollution Yangon
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Corrected PurpleAir Data
AirVisual (PA)
HBS https://mm.boell.org/

7. Air Pollution in Yangon
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AQY Data from Nov 2018-April2019

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VIIRS Active Fire Global Map

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#OFDETECTEDACTIVEFIRES
ACTIVE FIRES AND AQI
ACTIVE FIRES