Climate change as the biggest threat to public health in southern Africa and measures to reduce its impacts.
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MMJ VOL 28 (2): June 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v28i2.9 Introduction The southern African region is defined in political terms as those countries that are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).1 Currently there are fifteen member states of the SADC: Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.1-3
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi
دوره 28 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016