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We need health-oriented responses to climate change
In this interview Isabel Proaño Gómez, Director of Policy and Communications, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) talks to Vlatka Matkovic from Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) about expectations for COP26. "The climate crisis is a health crisis and patients are among the most visible victims", says Proaño Gómez. As an outcome to COP26, she would like to see more investment into research, knowledge gathering and health-oriented responses to climate change.
Heatwaves in Africa
We had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Kiswendsida Guigma and ask him some pressing questions that were on my mind about heatwaves in Africa. We learned about heatwave impacts and why we often don't hear about heatwaves in Africa!