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. 2022 Jul 18;107(3):500-503.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0189. Online ahead of print.

Why Climate Action Is Global Health Action

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Green Task Force members; Shyam Prakash Dumre  1 , A. Desiree LaBeaud  2 , Hanna Ehrlich  3 , Laia J. Vazquez Guillamet  4 , Bartholomew N. Ondigo  5 , Sapna P. Sadarangani  6   7 , Claire Njeri Wamae  8 , Kate Whitfield  4
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Why Climate Action Is Global Health Action

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Green Task Force members et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .

Abstract

The impacts of climate change on global health and populations are far-reaching, yet they disproportionately affect vulnerable groups, thereby exacerbating disparities. As humanity reckons with the emergency of climate change, our global health community needs to contend with our own contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. We know that transformation is possible and that climate action is the antidote to the existential challenge. As a global health community, we have an immense opportunity, responsibility, and commitment to lead, support, inspire, and empower climate action, research, and innovation that align deeply with our mission and core values.

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