Vector borne disease in times of global change: how to use wetlands across Europe as sentinel sites?

by wedo | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

The growing threat of vector-borne diseases, many of which are climate-sensitive, demands more robust monitoring systems and coordinated response efforts in both endemic and emerging regions. Climate change, the expansion of mosquito habitats and seasons, and shifting...

Protecting health in a changing climate

by wedo | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

On 3 June 2025, the European Climate-Health Cluster organised an event at the European Parliament in Brussels, titled Protecting Health in a Changing Climate. Bringing together leading researchers and decision-makers, the event aimed to share and disseminate the...

Climate-Health Cluster gathers in Brussels to advance collaboration within and beyond

by wedo | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Climate-Health Cluster met in Brussels on 2 June at the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD). The meeting brought together 30 participants, representing the six projects of the Cluster, BlueAdapt, CATALYSE, CLIMOS, HIGH...

Beating the heat starts with the building: rethinking health facilities for a warming world

by wedo | May 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

Walk into a maternity ward in rural Zimbabwe on a summer afternoon, and you’ll understand something instantly: buildings matter. Health facilities that provide maternity and neonatal care with no insulation, no cooling, and no escape from the sun can quickly become...

Newly planted trees outside South African health facilities promise cooling shade for pregnant women and health workers

by wedo | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized

Walk up to a health facility in Tshwane, South Africa on a hot summer morning, and you are likely to find long, snaky queues of people, including pregnant women, waiting outside—in the full sun. “It’s scorching, but they don’t have shady places,” said Pamela Tshandu,...

CHAC 2024: Highlights from HIGH Horizons presentations at Africa’s first-ever climate health conference

by wedo | Dec 11, 2024 | Uncategorized

HIGH Horizons researchers are proud to have taken part in Climate and Health Africa Conference 2024(CHAC), the first conference in history to focus solely on the intersection of climate change and health in Africa. The conference, held from 29-31 October, in Harare,...