DAR-ES-SALAAM:

In celebration of International Women's Day, various stakeholders including the Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam, Institute of Advanced Health Services and other stakeholders have met to identify climate change as a major threat to women's health in the world as identified and the World Health Organization WHO.

Speaking at the launch of The Choice project, the National Coordinator of the Tanzania Gender and Climate Change Coalition (GCCTC) Maria Matui said that many citizens are still unaware of the direct effects of climate change, so projects like this are important. for their redemption.

"Not more than 24 percent of the people living in rural areas are aware of the effects of climate change or the country's climate as a whole, but this does not mean that their understanding is not the same as what science recognizes or various research papers analyze".

For his part, the leader of the Choice project, Professor Ahmed Josabani, has said that the main goals of the project are to implement the three components of the United Nations sustainable development vision, including health, gender equality and the environment, while mentioning the Russia-Ukraine War. and Uviko-19 as challenges that prevented early implementation of the project.