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/AJLM.V11I1.2080

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 ZakhamaChris Zielinski

Medical College, East Africa

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Original language	English
Article number	a2080
Journal	African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4102/AJLM.V11I1.2080
Publication status	Published - 2022

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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. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 11(1), Article a2080. https://doi.org/10.4102/AJLM.V11I1.2080

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