Kassahun Desalegn, MD, is on the frontlines of medical care, serving as the only dermatological specialist in a region of northern Ethiopia that is home to six million people. Desalegn also serves as department head and assistant professor of dermatovenereology at the University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, and is author and co-author of numerous peer-reviewed publications. He is a 2013 Aspen New Voices Fellow.
In Africa, Climate Change Wages War on Bodies, not Just Lands
While the African Union concentrates on strategies to mitigate the devastating financial effects climate change is having on Africans, I worry instead about its impact on our bodies.