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Editorial
. 2022 Nov 4:27:2218.
doi: 10.4102/hsag.v27i0.2218. eCollection 2022.

COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world

Lukoye Atwoli  1   2 , Gregory E Erhabor  3   4 , Aiah A Gbakima  5 , Abraham Haileamlak  6 , Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba  7 , James Kigera  8 , Laurie Laybourn-Langton  9 , Robert Mash  10 , Joy Muhia  11 , Fhumulani M Mulaudzi  12 , David Ofori-Adjei  13 , Friday Okonofua  14 , Arash Rashidian  15 , Maha El-Adawy  16 , Siaka Sidibé  17 , Abdelmadjid Snouber  18 , James Tumwine  19 , Sahar Yassien Mohammad  20 , Paul Yonga  21   22 , Lilia Zakhama  23   24 , Chris Zielinski  25
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Editorial

COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world

Lukoye Atwoli et al. Health SA. .
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Conflict of interest statement

We have read and understood the BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare the following roles and relationships: J.K. is the Ex-Officio, President and Secretary of the Kenya Orthopedic Association, and the Editor in Chief of Annals of African Surgery. R.M. received a research grant on climate change and primary health care in Africa with University Ghent, funded by VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Network). P.Y. received payment for a CME lecture on antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit (ICU) on behalf of Novartis, for an educational event on antimicrobial stewardship on behalf of bioMerieux, and for a CME lecture on adult vaccination updates on behalf of Pfizer. P.Y. also serves on the DSMB of the NHLBI-funded STRENGTHS trial focusing on hypertension and has served as a Chair on a Pfizer Advisory Board on pneumococcal vaccinations in adults. Payment is received for both. C.Z. received payment from the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change as Senior Advisor on the international journals project. J.M. is an unpaid board member on the International Working Group for Health systems strengthening and employee of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOA has involvement with the Inovio Pharmaceuticals Phase 1b vaccine trial and the GLICO Healthcare Ltd. The authors declare no further conflicts of interest beyond those inherent in the editorial roles listed above.

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