Health & health facilities

Three southern African nations — Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe — declared drought as a national disaster between February and April, 2024.

This paper categorizes and analyzes concerns during heat waves, from heat-related illnesses to mental health issues. These findings provide valuable insights into how different health concerns are distributed across gender, user type, and age.

The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown Latin America, presents 34 indicators that track the relationship between health and climate change up to 2022.

The results, published in the journal Earth’s Future, suggest significant and widespread effects on air quality, climate, health, and economics under the most extreme wildfire scenarios.

According to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 70 per cent of the global workforce are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards.

This report presents critical evidence related to six key impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health, which were chosen for their severity and the magnitude of their effects on workers.

By 2050, climate change will place immense strain on global healthcare systems, causing 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses.

Wildfires often spew plumes of toxic smoke, eroding decades of improvements in air quality. A new paper by Sally Picciotto at UC Berkeley School of Public Health analyses how the impact of wildfire smoke can have on human health and pregnancy.