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Good health and wellbeing (SDG3)

WEBWomen’s health and menstrual hygiene was also of concern to communities and formed the focus for consolidated local efforts. For instance, a women’s group in Satkhira, Bangladesh responded to …

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Planetary Health: A framework for our times Climate

WEBPlanetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves is a new book that summarises the state of knowledge and the interconnections between the range of …

Category:  Health Go Health

Addressing vulnerability to the health risks of extreme heat in

WEBBox 1: Heat stress impacts on health Heat waves have devastating impacts on human health within the Indian subcontinent. A direct relationship exists between increased …

Category:  Health Go Health

Heat-health advisories in rural India: Learning during the …

WEBIn total, 2,028 farmers currently receive the heat-health advisory, of whom 297 are female and 1,973 are male. Some of the recipients said: "We have been …

Category:  Health Go Health

Good health and wellbeing (SDG3)

WEBour health and well-being. It has caused a crisis so deep and wide that presidents, prime ministers and heads of international and regional bodies must now urgently accept their …

Category:  Health Go Health

Urban health and climate resilience in India Climate

WEBTaru Leading Edge and ICLEI South Asia, in partnership with CDKN, launched this project in India in July 2019.. Context. Taru and its consortium partners have been working on …

Category:  Health Go Health

Planning for NDC implementation: A Quick-Start Guide Adaptation

WEBThe UNFCCC’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process 62 provides a country-driven, comprehensive approach to adaptation planning and implementation (see Box 5). This is …

Category:  Health Go Health

Clean water and sanitation (SDG6)

WEBVillage Health Team members guide the households to select appropriate sanitation designs and contact available trained masons to expedite construction. Soaps, gels and …

Category:  Health Go Health

Inside story : Addressing heat-related health risks in urban India

WEBAhmedabad is the first city in South Asia to comprehensively address the health threats of extreme heat. This report looks at how the local community of Ahmedabad in Western …

Category:  Health Go Health

Voices from the Frontline of Covid-19

WEBCovid-19 and its economic fallout have frequently collided with the impacts of climate change. The challenges are great in low-income communities and informal settlements, …

Category:  Health Go Health

Project : Deepening and Expanding Heat Health Action in India

WEBLocated along Gujarat’s western coast, the city of Surat’s high humidity compounds the health impacts of extreme temperatures each year. Surat’s heat action plan could …

Category:  Health Go Health

Overview of basic health and welfare situation in Madhya …

WEBHealth sector concerns and the potential impacts of climate change Climate change is likely to increase the range and severity of the challenges faced by the health sector in …

Category:  Health Go Health

Managing the regional risks of climate extremes and disasters: …

WEBClimate change is a complex phenomenon that is changing economies, health and communities in diverse and severe ways. It is predicted that billions of people face …

Category:  Health Go Health

Strengthening heat resilience in cities: Insight from India

WEBThis can have direct and indirect effects on public health, as all-cause mortality has been observed to increase by 11% when mean daily temperature crosses 40°C (Desai, et al., …

Category:  Health Go Health

Project : Climate change: addressing heat-health vulnerability in

WEBA process of research and engagement led by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in partnership with the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Gandhinagar and …

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Dharavi, India: Local women help where government agencies will …

WEBEver since Mumbai recorded its first case of coronavirus, Dharavi has been recognised as a special zone due to its high population density of 354,167 per square …

Category:  Coronavirus Go Health

New evidence highlights heat stress in rural India Climate

WEBThere is little evidence on how heat stress affects people living in rural communities. India is no stranger to heat. In some regions, daytime temperatures regularly hit 45° Celsius in …

Category:  Health Go Health

Ahmedabad, India launches heat wave preparation and warning …

WEBRead more about health preparedness efforts to address rising heat in Ahmedabad in Anjali Jaiswal’s blog . Photo of Ahmedabad survey respondents, July …

Category:  Health Go Health

Interactive game from CDKN explores how people cope with …

WEBThe small town of Kul-Bayne in northeastern Ethiopia is suffering from drought, which has impacts on crops and livestock health, and so on people’s wellbeing and livelihoods. …

Category:  Health Go Health

GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN ETHIOPIA

WEB• In health, climate change places an additional burden on women’s health mainly due to their needs (limited WASH facilities for women and girls), their prescribed roles within …

Category:  Health Go Health

Rural development in Madhya Pradesh: Challenges and …

WEBAccess to proper health services, coupled with poor sanitary and hygienic conditions, are major challenges for remote areas. Infant and neonatal mortality rates are considerably …

Category:  Health Go Health