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