Commit to the Global South.

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Quarraisha Abdool Karim is president of The World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy; associate scientific director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa; and professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Published: June 2023

Vulnerabilities of the world's least developed countries to health, economic, and environmental crises were recently in the spotlight at a United Nations (UN) conference in Qatar. In March, the Doha Programme of Action was announced as a call for the developed world to renew commitments to support low- and middle-income countries in overcoming major challenges. UN Secretary General António Guterres aptly stated there are "no more excuses." Such a commitment requires Global North-South and South-South partnerships that harness science and technology and that also empower the South to sustain progress. As a scientist from the Global South who can attest to science's transformative role in this region of the world, individuals and organizations across sectors and society can play a strong role in supporting such a commitment.

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