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Modern Ghana
As an architect whose work includes researching ways to reduce heat in African cities , I think the creation of an Heat Officer position is a good move. But, while this is a global challenge, African cities are unique. Strengthen the link between heat and healthExposure to extreme heat usually comes with health problems – and can even kill people, as I and many other scholars have documented . This means malaria and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes might become significant problems for Freetown and other African cities. Heat vulnerability patterns within Freetown and other African cities must be studied and used to make sense of weather predictions in order to inform warning systems.
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