Want to learn more about climate-resilient health systems? Join us on 14 August 12pm-1.15pm EAT #HSR2024 lshtm.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Last week, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to address #ExtremeHeat. We applaud the call for concerted #ClimateAction. Read the High Horizons response 👇 high-horizons.eu/high-horizons-…

🚨Important notice , #CHAC2024 community.🚨 Abstract submission deadline has been extended to 9 August 2024, 23:59 GMT+2 Link: climatehealthconf.africa/abstracts/ Scholarship submission deadline remains 02 August 2024, 23:59 GMT+2 Link:climatehealthconf.africa/scholarships/ #CHAC2024 #ECRI #AFRICA

The postdoc office Uni Graz/University of Graz are incredible. They are running a series of interviews with postdocs this August. My interview is here: postdoc.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeiten… 😊Thank you to everyone who supports me and the HIGH Horizons project.

📢Join our next #CHANCE deep dive! ➡️14th August at 11:00-12:15 CAT /12:00-13:15 EAT/ 09:00-10:15 UTC. 🌍Building climate-resilient and sustainable health systems in Africa - Lessons from primary healthcare actors in Ghana 👏Rudolf Abugnaba-Abanga

🆕paper from colleagues in HIGH Horizons published in The Lancet Planetary Health. 📰Researchers studied the effects of ambient #heat on neonate, post-neonate, and child mortality rates. Dr Chloe Brimicombe explains more 👇

Pregnant women & newborns are especially susceptible to #ClimateChange. This JGLOBHEALTH review describes the landscape of available epidemiological evidence on key climate risks for #MaternalHealth and #NewbornHealth: healthynewbornnetwork.org/resource/2024/… cc Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) #PretermBirth

Governments must take urgent #ClimateAction, for every child.

🚨 Almost half a billion children live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents. New UNICEF data analysis highlights the disproportionate impact of heat on children: unicef.org/press-releases…

⭐️ICYMI: Research, led by members of the HIGH Horizons consortium, showed that the influence of #ExtremeHeat on the risk of death in children under five varies by age group, region and season. Chloe explains 👇or read more 👉 high-horizons.eu/the-impacts-of…

🌎Our Health, Our Planet, Our Future: Explore the link between #climatechange & health at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's one-day conference on 8 November Sessions include climate change impacts on health, innovative solutions, #COP29, & planetary health careers Register now👉bit.ly/CCCPHConference

New paper! Short-term exposure of ozone is associated with increased risk of preterm birth in Sweden; effects are observed below current air quality guidelines, indicating no guaranteed safe threshold. Jeroen de Bont Veronique Filippi Dr Sari Kovats sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This The BMJ article looks at how rising #heatwaves are worsening #anaemia for women in #India. 🗣️ "With rising heatwaves further impacting the nutrient value of crops, the chances of pregnant women becoming anaemic becomes exponentially high.” 👉 bit.ly/4dvPKZY

Extreme Hitze beeinflusst Kindersterblichkeit in Afrika, zeigt eine internationale Studie von Forscher:innen rund um Dr Chloe Brimicombe und Ilona M. Otto vom Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change der #unigraz 🔗 uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeiten… #weworkfortomorrow #universityofgraz

You can now keep up to date with the latest HIGH Horizons research and project deliverables through our publication page! Read our latest papers or reports and find out more about some of the conferences we've attended 👇 high-horizons.eu/publications/

HIGH Horizons' member Celeste Madondo features in the Wits RHI Women Leaders in Science campaign. Find our more about Celeste and her work 👇

🌍I’m excited to share that our latest research, led by Dr Chloe Brimicombe from the Uni Graz/University of Graz, has been published in The Lancet Planetary Health ! This study shows the need for preventive protection and adaptation measures to reduce #childmortality in #Africa considering increasing heat events👇

Registration for the inaugural Climate and Health Africa Conference closes this month! Discover cutting-edge research addressing the critical intersection of #ClimateChange and #Health in Africa. Register 👉 climatehealthconf.africa