Accelerating Action for Extreme Heat and Health

Within the overall Wellcome Trust-WHO strategic partnership on climate change and health, this project aims to significantly strengthen multidisciplinary capacity and partnerships to address the health risks of extreme heat in vulnerable populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

In close cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization and the co-sponsored initiative, the Global Heat Health Information Network, this project proposes to expand regional-level partnerships and capacity; to build community across world regions and new stakeholder groups (e.g. engineering, design and architecture); to develop new technical and evidence based tools, case studies, and guidance on heat and health; and to scale up awareness and accessibility to technical information by enhancing existing web-resource platforms (e.g.

GHHIN.org and ClimaHealth.info).

These activities will help deliver the following expected outcomes: - Strengthened interdisciplinary partnerships, capacity, and access to expertise through dialogues and peer- learning; - Enhanced regional interdisciplinary and institutional capacity to address extreme heat risks to health; - Accelerated translation of evidence to action on health risks of extreme heat and effective solutions to protect vulnerable populations in LMICs; - Increased awareness of climate change and extreme heat risks to health as a result of effective advocacy, community building, and access to technical resources.