Poor air quality has been linked to a number of health problems including asthma, heart disease and other respiratory illnesses. 9News
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, the continent still largely remains the most underrepresented. According to IQAir, only 19 out of 54 African countries had sufficient data available from their monitoring stations. But one of the biggest barriers right now, she said, is "the way that governments currently monitor air quality". "This is literally about how we as a planet are continuing this unhealthy relationship with fossil fuels," Hammes said.
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