Health and health facilities

Climate change, migration and health are tightly connected: climate impacts shape mobility, and both moving and being unable to move create physical and mental health risks.

The Adverse Weather and Health Plan aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience.

A report on the impact of rising temperatures on mortality underscores the need for targeted investments to help people and communities save lives.

This report identifies the regions around the world where climate adaptation offers the greatest opportunity to save the most lives, based on the Climate Impact Lab’s projections of temperature related mortality in 2050.

To support countries prepare more systematically against emergencies, WHO has recently released new global guidance which enables countries to move beyond one-off emergency drills and establish National Health Simulation Exercise Programmes (NHSEP).

Research highlights an often overlooked cost of cold weather: months with lower temperatures see significantly greater rates of death from heart attacks, strokes, and coronary artery disease than milder months.

Research has long suggested that temperature can affect mental health. That’s because extreme temperatures can stress the body, triggering biological changes such as systemic inflammation. Can this cause depressive symptoms, too?

This publication synthesises evidence on twenty‑three major causes of mortality that are predictable, preventable, and treatable across low‑ and middle‑income countries (LMIC).