COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world

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

Affiliations

Atwoli Lukoye

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College East Africa, and the Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

Erhabor Gregory E.

Professor of Medicine at the Obafemi Awolowo University and Consultant Physician and Head of the Chest Unit at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Gbakima Aiah A.

Former Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Government of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Haileamlak Abraham

Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Kayembe Ntumba Jean-Marie

Professor of Pneumology and Respiratory Physiology: Faculty of Medicine/University of Kinshasa (DR Congo), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Kigera James

Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Laybourn-Langton Laurie

University of Exeter, Exeter, England

Mash Bob

Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Muhia Joy

London School of Medicine and Tropical Hygiene, London, England

Mulaudzi Fhumulani Mavis

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Ofori-Adjei David

Professor (Full) at University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Okonofua Friday

1st substantive Vice Chancellor of Ondo State University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria

Rashidian Arash

Director of Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt

El-Adawy Maha

Health Promotion, WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt

Sidibé Siaka

Doctor of Medicine University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Snouber Abdelmadjid

Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d’Oran, Oran, lgeria

Tumwine James

Dean School of Medicine at Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda

Muhammad Sahar Yassien

Professor of Critical Care Nursing, Vice Dean of Education and Students’ Affairs, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Yonga Paul

CA Medlynks Clinic and Laboratory, Nairobi Fountain Projects, Research Office (FOPRO), Fountain Health Care Hospital, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kenya

Zakhama Lilia

Tunis El Manar University, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Security Forces Hospital-La Marsa, Cardiology Department, Tunis, La Marsa, Tunisia

Zielinski Chris

Senior Advisor to the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, University of Winchester, London, UK