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Climate Change and Human Health in Africa in Relation to Opportunities to Strengthen Mitigating Potential and Adaptive Capacity: Strategies to Inform an African “Brains Trust” Cover

Climate Change and Human Health in Africa in Relation to Opportunities to Strengthen Mitigating Potential and Adaptive Capacity: Strategies to Inform an African “Brains Trust”

Annals of Global Health
Volume 90 (2024): Issue 1
By: Caradee Y. Wright,  Thandi Kapwata,  Natasha Naidoo,  Kwaku Polu Asante,  Raphael E. Arku,  Guéladio Cissé,  Belay Simane,  Lynn Atuyambe and  Kiros Berhane  
Open Access
|Jan 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4260 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 27, 2023
Accepted on: Dec 20, 2023
Published on: Jan 29, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
adaptation,
development,
economic resiliency,
environmental health,
extreme weather events,
heat,
mental health,
public health

© 2024 Caradee Y. Wright, Thandi Kapwata, Natasha Naidoo, Kwaku Polu Asante, Raphael E. Arku, Guéladio Cissé, Belay Simane, Lynn Atuyambe, Kiros Berhane, published by Ubiquity Press
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