Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report’s original reporting, “‘Why did the US State Department stop sharing air quality data?” This feature story examines how the U.S. has stopped publicly sharing air quality data collected at embassies around the world, leaving many countries without trusted pollution measurements.

Collins Gameli Hodoli, founder of Clean Air One Atmosphere ,mentioned that the U.S. monitor affixed to the U.S. Embassy building in the capital of Accra was the only open-source data available. His organization is developing low-cost sensors and a mobile application that would allow the public to track air quality and take steps to avoid toxic pollution, but is reliant on the data from the embassy.

When the U.S. Global Air Quality program ended, more than 70 diplomatic posts in over 50 countries — including in Ghana — stopped providing the trusted, independent pollution data that many relied on. Globally, only 64% of countries monitor air pollution at all, and just 27% make that information publicly available and transparent.

Source: Devex