Since July 2025, a growing network of air-quality sensors has been quietly documenting the atmosphere of Nakuru. Today, twenty-two RESPIRA-AQM Nakuru sensors operate across the city, with at least two in every ward, alongside five sensors managed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Through a collaboration with the University of Nairobi, another five sensors will soon join the network. Every few minutes, these sensors record air-quality measurements, which are cleane

At the end of August 2025, the RESPIRA-ABEP project formally came to a close. What began as a seed-funded collaboration under the Una Europa – Africa Partnership programme has, over the past year, grown into a vibrant interdisciplinary network that now spans Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. RESPIRA-ABEP – Respiratory Health, Outdoor Air Pollution and Solid Waste Management: A Built Environment Perspective – was never meant to be jus

The RESPIRA consortium has recently taken an important new step in strengthening its long-term research agenda by submitting a new international funding application. This time, the proposal is led by our colleagues at Leiden University, with Prof. Marleen Dekker and Dr. Agnieszka kazimierczuk at the helm. They have been involved in various RESPIRA activities and projects and organised an inspiring panel at the CLEAR-AIR forum in Nairobi. The submitted project draws inspirati