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Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children –... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

Победить жару: здоровье детей на фоне тепловых волн в Европе и Центральной Азии

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children –... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

Global Health Hochschulranking

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines; Bundesvertretung der Medizinstudierenden in Deutschland (2019) C1

Ziel des Projektes ist es, den in Deutschland bisher unterrepräsentierten Bereich Global Health sichtbarer zu machen und gleichzeitig einen Anreiz für Fakultäten zu schaffen, sich hier vermehrt zu engagieren. Des Weiteren soll das Ranking interessierten und kritischen Studierenden eine Möglichke... more

Fact Sheet Soziale Determinanten von Gesundheit

Deutsche Plattform für Globale Gesundheit (2019) C1

Accessed 4 March 2019.

Gesundheit braucht Politik. Sonderausgabe Soziale Determinanten von Gesundheit

Verein demokratischer Ärztinnen und Ärzte (2015) C1

Accessed 4 March 2019.

Health Statistics

OECD (2019) C2

The OECD carries out work on health data and indicators to improve international comparisons and economic analyses of health systems. Accessed 26 February 2019.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2022) C2

WHO | Map gallery

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO

The Global Health Observatory map gallery includes an extensive list of maps on major health topics. Accessed 26 February 2019.

World Health Mapper

Robert Graham Center (2019) C2

World Population Dashboard

United Nations Population Fund (2019) C2

The World Population Dashboard showcases global population data, including fertility rate, gender parity in school enrolment, information on sexual and reproductive health, and much more. Together, these data shine a light on the health and rights of people around the world, especially women and yo... more

World Bank Data Catalog

The World Bank (2019) C2

World Bank Open Data: Free and open access to global development data Also available in Spanish, French, Arabic and Chinese Accessed 26 February 2019.

Gapminder Tools
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Gapminder (2019) CC

Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious or economic affiliations. Gapminder is a fact tank, not a think tank, it fights devastating misconceptions about global development and produces free teaching resources making the world understandable based on reliable stati... more

What you need to know about Health in All Policies

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO

Accessed 4 March 2019.

AGGE Learnbox

Akademie für Globale Gesundheit und Entwicklung (AGGE) (2019) C1

AGGE is a co-operation of the Medical Mission Institute (MMI), the German Institute for Medical Mission (DIFÄM) and the Institute of Public Health at the University of Heidelberg (IPH). We are all working in the field of Global Health. This is our common platform for capacity building and learning... more

An Introduction to Global Health

Karolinska Institutet (2019) C1

Understanding challenges and solutions to global health issues from an inter-disciplinary perspective. Accessed 5 March 2019.

Courses | Global Health eLearning Center

(2019) C1

The Global Health eLearning Center offers courses aimed at increasing knowledge in a variety of global health technical areas. Courses that have been translated and can be found on the Translation page. Accessed 6 March 2019.

Courses | OpenWHO

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO

OpenWHO is WHO’s new, interactive, web-based platform that offers online courses to people preparing to work in epidemics, pandemics and health emergencies or already doing so. The OpenWHO platform delivers WHO’s and partners’ expertise closer to where it is needed and provides information ... more

Curso de planeamiento hospitalario para la respuesta a desastres

Área de Preparativos para Situaciones de Emergencia y Socorro en Casos de Desastre Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2019) C_WHO

Accessed 6 March 2019.

e-Learning Courses - Global Health Training Centre

The Global Health Network (2019) C1

Our e-learning courses are designed to cover every step, process, and issue that needs to be understood in order to conduct high quality research. Every course is written to be globally applicable, so for all diseases and all regions. They are also highly pragmatic and adaptable. Each course is car... more

E-learning Resources for Global Health Researchers

Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health (2019) C1

E-learning Resources for Global Health Researchers : Many organizations offer no- and low-cost e-learning resources to those working in the field of global health research. Resources include training courses, MOOCs and course materials (presentations, videos, reading lists, visual aids, articles), ... more