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Capacity of health systems to anticipate, mitigate and manage situations arising from natural and man-made hazards, including biological hazards.

Across Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, a joint UN programme is already delivering results by strengthening migrant-inclusive health systems through a single, coordinated approach.

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This study examines associations between ambient temperature and hospital admissions for mental health disorders among children, adolescents and young adults, and to project future heat-attributable admissions under various climate change scenarios.

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry's (Elsevier)
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Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, causing major damage in Caracas and a nearby coastal city, La Guaira. At the time of publication, 3,685 people have been declared dead, and more than 30,000 remain missin

Conversation Media Group, the
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This exploratory analysis estimates the economic value of “climate services for health”, defined as producing and applying climate knowledge to enhance health decisions and services.

World Resources Institute
Rockefeller Foundation, the
Climate action for health: a policy guide for co-benefits in the Western Pacific Region  thumbnail
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This evidence-based policy guide highlights how well-designed climate actions across key sectors, including transport, energy, food systems, urban development and water, can deliver substantial and immediate health co-benefits.

World Health Organization (WHO)
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This opinion piece argues that mistrust in Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is rooted less in misinformation than in histories of conflict, neglect and unequal care, calling for locally led, trust-based public health action.

The New Humanitarian
City skyline hot sunset, downtown cityscape lit with large warm sun disk sun set light.
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In June 2026, daily high temperatures averaged across France reached 36.9C, shattering the previous June record set in 2022 by 2.4C.

Carbon Brief
Schoolchildren playing the Stop Disasters game in Barcarena, Brazil, in the lead up to COP30 (October 2025).
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Dr Michael J Dillon and Professor Laura Bowater emphasise the significance of gamification in global health education amidst increasingly complex challenges

Open Access Government
Woman with red umbrella walking outdoors in hot weather against cloudless blue sky background.
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A widespread heat wave is forecast to affect much of the central and eastern United States over the Fourth of July weekend, driven by a strong “heat dome”, a high pressure system sitting over the US, bringing moisture and warm air from the Gulf of Mexico.

World Weather Attribution
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