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; Robert Mash; Joy Muhia; Fhumulani M. Mulaudzi; David Ofori-Adjei; Friday Okonofua; Arash Rashidian; Maha El-Adawy; Siaka Sidibé; Abdelmadjid Snouber; James Tumwine; Sahar Yassien Mohammad; Paul Yonga; Lilia Zakhama; Chris Zielinski

doi:10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1467

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
, Robert Mash
, Joy Muhia
, Fhumulani M. Mulaudzi
, David Ofori-Adjei
, Friday Okonofua
, Arash Rashidian
, Maha El-Adawy
, Siaka Sidibé
, Abdelmadjid Snouber
, James Tumwine
, Sahar Yassien Mohammad
, Paul Yonga
, Lilia Zakhama

Chris Zielinski

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	a1467
Journal	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1467
Publication status	Published - 2022
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, R., Muhia, J., Mulaudzi, F. M., Ofori-Adjei, D., Okonofua, F., Rashidian, A., El-Adawy, M., Sidibé, S., Snouber, A., Tumwine, J., Mohammad, S. Y., Yonga, P., ... Zielinski, C. (2022). COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 23(1), Article a1467. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1467

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