Make health agenda a priority in Climate talks, experts demand

Acting Deputy Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr Ahmed Ouma Ogwell. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

As African leaders give their position on the impact of climate change in the continent through the Nairobi declaration today, the health agenda has adversely been ignored despite the nexus between climate change and health.

Speaking during a side event of the Africa climate summit, the Acting Deputy Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr Ahmed Ouma Ogwell said the health agenda has been excluded from the negotiating table.