Journal
ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 566-570Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14124
Keywords
air pollution; climate change; extreme heat; heat wave; maternal health; neonatal health
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- NERC [NE/T013613/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Climate change poses immediate and long-term health threats to pregnant women and newborns, requiring research and health system strengthening to mitigate its effects. Climate adaptation plans should consider vulnerable populations and adopt a multisectoral approach to enhance overall societal resilience.
Climate change represents one of the largest global health threats of the 21st century with immediate and long-term consequences for the most vulnerable populations, especially in the poorest countries with the least capacity to adapt to climate change. Pregnant women and newborns are increasingly being recognized as vulnerable populations in the context of climate change. The effects can be direct or indirect through heat stress, extreme weather events and air pollution, potentially impacting both the immediate and long-term health of pregnant women and newborns through a broad range of mechanisms. In 2008, the World Health Organization passed a resolution during the 61st World Health Assembly, recognizing the need for research to identify strategies and health-system strengthening to mitigate the effects of climate change on health. Climate adaptation plans need to consider vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and neonates and a broad multisectoral approach to improve overall resilience of societies.
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