06. Risk Factors

Some of the risk factors that need to be confronted include:

• Use of cooking pots at ground level (that are easily knocked over and can cause scalds, especially among toddlers). 6
• Use of kerosene (paraffin) stoves and lamps that are easily knocked over and can then ignite. 6
• Wearing of loose fitting cotton clothing which can burn while cooking on an open fire. 6