The 2024 heat waves in Ouagadougou: Health burden, community perception, and behavioural response to an emerging climate risk
Speaker:
Dr Jeremie Namoano
Junior Researcher
Climate Centre/ Burkina Faso Emergency Health Response Operations Center
TRACK 02:
Managing Heat Risk
Projected Heatwave Exposure and Potential Health Risks in Kenya under Future Climate Scenarios
Speaker:
Dr Moustapha Tall
Associate Research Scientist
African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)
“Sometimes breastfeeding is not helping with the crying…”: A qualitative study of postpartum women’s experiences and strategies with infant care through heat exposure in Tshwane, South Africa
Speaker:
Dr Pascalia Munyewende
Senior Researcher Social Scientist
Wits RHI
Heat Stress in the Health Workforce: Policy-Relevance in South Africa
Speaker:
Dr Sibusiso Mkwananzi
Senior Researcher
Wits Rhi
Energy, health, and hope: Youth-led innovations in Khayelitsha and Philipi informal settlements in Cape Town amid the extreme heat crisis
Speaker:
Dr Vuyisile Precious Moyo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
African Climate And Development Initiative (acdi), University Of Cape Town