LIKE FROGS IN A BOILING POT: Heat health experts, governors, and workers share their insights and stories on how recent temperature surges in Southeast Asia affects indoor workers. READ: washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/… Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Global Heat Health Information Network

New article from Duke-NUS Medical School explores heat risk, vulnerability, and adaptation. “We are behaviourally heat acclimatised, not physiologically. That means we are not as acclimatised to the actual temperature as we think we are,” - Jason Lee NUS duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2023-i…

THE PLAYBOOK FOR HEAT STRESS ADAPTATION? Evidence-based protocols applied by Project HeatSafe and La Isla Network to protect workers from heat stress have improved work productivity. Watch the documentary by La Isla HERE: bit.ly/heat-stress-pr… Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Global Heat Health Information Network

Economic analyses on heat stress exposure and work productivity conducted in Southeast Asia revealed that productivity during working time across various industries are expected to fall further in the next decade. Learn more below: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Global Heat Health Information Network

.Eco-Business speaks with Jason Lee of NUS on the evolution of #heathealth research in South East Asia, and their new role leading the regional node for our global network eco-business.com/news/boiling-f…

One of several collaborations with Laurie Parsons from Royal Holloway, profiling Cambodian workers using both ethnography and physiology techniques: bbc.com/news/world-asi… Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Global Heat Health Information Network

Extreme heat can affect pregnancy. In Project HeatSafe, we studied the risk of preterm and small-for-gestational age births from over 30,000 births in Singapore, and conducted a survey on behavioural changes during pregnancy. Here are our findings: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Global Heat Health Information Network

Exposure to extreme heat was found to reduce sperm quality in temperate countries. In Project HeatSafe, we analysed the associations between extreme heat and sperm quality in Singapore (a tropical country). Here are our findings: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Global Heat Health Information Network

How much of an impact and influence does #heat #stress have on one’s #health, work productivity and even the #economy? Click below to read more about what Assoc Prof Jason Lee and his team behind Project HeatSafe found over a span of 3.5 years. medicine.nus.edu.sg/news/heat-stre…