
Africa qualité de l'Air (AfriqAir)
@afriqairquality
A new African air quality monitoring network using both reference-grade and lower-cost monitors. As of mid-2020: over 50 nodes across 11 African countries.
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http://afriqair.org 01-08-2020 05:42:31
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11 Breathe Cities cities just announced at #Cop28. Mayors of Paris, Warsaw and Accra share their thoughts. Includes 3 cities in Africa: #Johannesburg, #Nairobi and #Accra 🙌🏿🙌🏿 Through tech, community engagement and shared learning, aims to support cities to improve air quality





Centre for 21st Century Issues Team at #COP28 had the privilege of attending the Air Quality AirQo Team dinner at #COP28, where we actively networked and explored opportunities for enhancing air quality in Lagos state and across Africa. Thanks to Prof Tolullah Oni for the connection.




See smoke, think #SuperPollutant From tiny kerosene lamps to mega ships. I write on a new report exposing #blackcarbon’s dangers healthpolicy-watch.news/deadly-super-p… Health Policy Watch - Global Health News Reporting CSTEP Jane Burston @ninawren Clean Air Fund #OrbisAir Berkeley Air

Lasting legacy of the Six Cities study into harms of air pollution | Air pollution | The Guardian Ghana Urban Air Quality Project (GhanaAQ) #BreatheAccra Clean Air Fund theguardian.com/environment/20…


We take great pride in our Lead Victor Dzidefo Ablo who has successfully completed a week-long certificate course in AQ Mgmt & Sci Trg for professionals in West Africa at University of Ghana. Curtsied - Dan Westervelt, Dr. Allison Felix Hughes, Africa qualité de l'Air (AfriqAir), & everyone who has played a significant role.


There’s one for AIDS, TB and malaria, another for sanitation and hygiene and one for pandemics. There isn't, however, a global fund to tackle air pollution. Some in the health sector say they want that to change. For The Guardian👇🏽theguardian.com/global-develop…

For progress on air pollution research & mitigation in Africa, we need to find a way to remove the bottlenecks --- funding is critical but I think the main challenge is leadership. Just to chip in, our folks are raising funds to install the TEOM from Africa qualité de l'Air (AfriqAir). Help please



On May 21, join Energy Policy Institute at UChicago and Prof. Andrea La Nauze to explore the effect of long-term, publicly-accessible PM2.5 data from single ground monitors on local air quality in cities across the world with little to no preexisting monitoring. Register: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
