Health and climate change: an editorial (2) Translation

26 October, 2022

Excellent piece. One shocking fact that rich countries damage the environment and Africa bear the consequences of this greed and damage.

[ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01986-9/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_feature_lancetclimatecomm22_lancet ]

HIFA is a major promoter of multilingualism. The piece should be translated into as many languages as possible using volunteers.

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HIFA profile: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji recently retired from the World Health Organization (WHO), where he has worked since 1988 in different capacities. He was most recently Director of the Knowledge, Ethics and Research Department at WHO headquarters, Geneva. Previously he was Coordinator for Knowledge Management and Sharing in EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), Egypt. He is a member of a number of national and international professional societies and associations specialised in information management and health informatics. He has authored over 100 research papers and articles presented in various conferences and published in professional journals. He is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA Working Group on Multilingualism.

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