Tackling climate change: measuring the carbon footprint of preventing, diagnosing and treating TB

A D Harries^{1

2}, L Martinez³, J M Chakaya^{1

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5}

Affiliations

¹ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
² Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Therapeutics, Dermatology and Psychiatry, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

A D Harries et al. Public Health Action. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 21;11(1):40.

doi: 10.5588/pha.20.0076.

A D Harries^{1

2}, L Martinez³, J M Chakaya^{1

4

5}

¹ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
² Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Therapeutics, Dermatology and Psychiatry, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: none declared.

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