“For Tendai, climate change was no longer about the news — it was in her baby’s fevered cheeks.”
Climate Action For Maternal, Newborn and Child Health It was the hottest October in decades in eastern Zimbabwe, and 27-year-old Tendai had just put to birth. The hospital’s small postnatal ward had no air conditioning, only two fans that barely stirred the air. She...
Sweating in Silence: Heat & Health workers
“Physically, with all the sweating, after some time, maybe afternoon, I feel as if I’m smelling. I have that smell. I wish I can just go and have a shower, but I can’t because I’m still at work.“Health Worker 1 For many health workers in South Africa, heat isn’t just...
Protecting Health in a Changing Climate
You are warmly invited to the roundtable event “Protecting Health in a Changing Climate”, hosted by European Climate-Health Cluster Prof Debra J Jackson, and MEP Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis on 3 June 2024, from 11:15 to 13:15, followed by a networking lunch, at...
