COP27 Climate Change Conference - Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World

Lukoye Atwoli; Gregory E. Erhabor; Aiah A. Gbakima; Abraham Haileamlak; Jean Marie Kayembe Ntumba; James Kigera; Laurie Laybourn-Langton; Bob Mash; Joy Muhia; Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi; David Ofori-Adjei; Friday Okonofua; Arash Rashidian; Maha El-Adawy; Siaka Sidibé; Abdelmadjid Snouber; James Tumwine; Mohammad Sahar Yassien; Paul Yonga; Lilia Zakhama; Chris Zielinski

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.5271

COP27 Climate Change Conference - Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World

Lukoye Atwoli, Gregory E. Erhabor, Aiah A. Gbakima, Abraham Haileamlak, Jean Marie Kayembe Ntumba, James Kigera, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Bob Mash, Joy Muhia, Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi, David Ofori-Adjei, Friday Okonofua, Arash Rashidian, Maha El-Adawy, Siaka Sidibé, Abdelmadjid Snouber, James Tumwine, Mohammad Sahar Yassien, Paul Yonga, Lilia ZakhamaChris Zielinski

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-12
Number of pages	2
Journal	JAMA Ophthalmology
Volume	141
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.5271
Publication status	Published - 19 Jan 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Atwoli, L., Erhabor, G. E., Gbakima, A. A., Haileamlak, A., Ntumba, J. M. K., Kigera, J., Laybourn-Langton, L., Mash, B., Muhia, J., Mulaudzi, F. M., Ofori-Adjei, D., Okonofua, F., Rashidian, A., El-Adawy, M., Sidibé, S., Snouber, A., Tumwine, J., Yassien, M. S., Yonga, P., ... Zielinski, C. (2023). COP27 Climate Change Conference - Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World. JAMA Ophthalmology, 141(1), 11-12. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.5271

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