The Hidden Health Toll of Urban Heat: Africa’s Concrete Jungles and the Rise of Climate-Sensitive Diseases
By Michael Gwarisa Africa is battling a number of adverse climatic catastrophes, and over the past five years, climate change is no longer a distant threat across the continent. In African cities, it has become an everyday reality, intensifying urban heat and deepening public health risks. Rising temperatures, prolonged heatwaves, and shrinking green spaces are combining
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Amref Puts A Spotlight On Widening Climate Change Induced Health Inequalities in Africa
“As dire as the situation is, financing for climate adaptation is only a drop in the ocean of what is needed. This scenario has been, and continues to be, the reason why Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents.” By Michael Gwarisa As the world commemorates World Health Day, governments around the world are seized
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Conservation Is The Firewall To Future Public Health Threats Says AWF Boss
By Michael Gwarisa In 2020, the world went into a total lockdown following the declaration of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as a global health pandemic. The coronavirus is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cases of novel coronavirus were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus
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Fragile Health Systems Expose Africa To Untold Climate Change Disasters, Says AMREF
By Michael Gwarisa For a long time, discourse on climate change has revolved around the effects of Climate Change on the environment in particular air pollution, an issue most prevalent in the Global North. Very little focus was being given to the impact of climate change on the health and well-being of the human population. However, for the
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Launch of a Regional Initiative to Tackle Climate Change-related Health Challenges for Africa
At the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, African governments represented by Ministers of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (WHO) and Amref Health Africa launched a regional initiative to tackle health impacts of climate change in Africa. This is an effort to harness the power of collaboration among countries and
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Adapt or Perish: AHAIC Conference Spotlights Climate Change and solutions to future public health threats in Africa
By Michael Gwarisa in Kigali, Rwanda “We know what it takes to stop the next outbreak from becoming a pandemic,” said Rwanda Health Minister, Dr Sabin Nzanzimana at the Second Edition of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) 2023 currently underway in Kigali, Rwanda. The biennial conference is running from March 5 to March 8,
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