Past and projected climate change impacts on heat-related child mortality in Africa

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 74028 - 74038
• Main Authors: Chapman, Sarah, Birch, Cathryn E, Marsham, John H, Part, Chérie, Hajat, Shakoor, Chersich, Matthew F, Ebi, Kristie L, Luchters, Stanley, Nakstad, Britt, Kovats, Sari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Africa; Child mortality; Children; Climate change; Emission; Emissions; Environmental impact; Estimates; Extreme weather; Fatalities; health impacts; Heat; heat stress; Hot weather; Morbidity; Mortality; Population growth; Thermoregulation; Weather; Africa

Children (<5 years) are highly vulnerable during hot weather due to their reduced ability to thermoregulate. There has been limited quantification of the burden of climate change on health in sub-Saharan Africa, in part due to a lack of evidence on the impacts of weather extremes on mortality and...