City health and well-being

SEI Africa and air pollution

City health and well-being

Show Notes

In the fourth episode of the City Health and Well-being podcast, Vishal Mehta talks to Romanus Opiyo, an urban planner by training and SEI's program head in their Africa center located in Nairobi, Kenya.Vishal and Romanus discuss the work spearheaded by Romanus and the rest of the SEI team on air pollution.

Episode art image credit: Lawrence Nzuve / SEI. Music Credits: ⁠⁠Glass / Anno Domini Beats / YouTube Audio Library.⁠⁠

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