Powering Health: Energy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This research paper introduces a series of publications exploring the intersection of energy access and public health in low- and middle-income countries, emphasizing the potential for clean energy transitions to improve healthcare delivery and reduce disease.

• Expanding access to affordable, sustainable, and reliable energy in low- and middle-income countries can reduce disease, improve healthcare delivery, and advance health equity and climate goals.
• Energy is essential for various health-related functions, including food safety, the operation of medical equipment, and the refrigeration of vaccines.
• Energy poverty in many low- and middle-income countries leads to a reliance on biomass fuels, which results in unreliable electricity for health facilities and contributes to harmful air pollution.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2026). Powering Health: Energy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. https://www.sei.org/publications/powering-health-energy-low-middle-income-countries/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Powering Health: Energy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. 2026. https://www.sei.org/publications/powering-health-energy-low-middle-income-countries/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2026powering, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Powering Health: Energy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2026}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/powering-health-energy-low-middle-income-countries/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }