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Exposure to heat and heatwaves are associated with mortality and may amplify morbidities. In a climate change context, projections suggest temperatures will likely rise in the foreseeable future. Our paper assesses the current knowledge on human health effects of heat exposure and gathered local knowledge of heat-health effects in a rural area of t...

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... Summary of findings Vulnerability to the heat-related risks of climate change 2018 Rising ambient temperatures place vulnerable populations at increased risks across all WHO regions. Populations in Europe and the East Mediterranean are particularly at risk, with 42% and 43% of their populations older than 65 years vulnerable to heat exposure. 2019 Vulnerability to extremes of heat continues to rise among older populations in every region of the world, with the Western Pacific, South-East Asia and African regions all seeing an increase in vulnerability of more than 10% since 1990. 2020 Vulnerabilities to extreme heat continue to increase in every region of the world, led by populations in Europe, with the Western Pacific region, South-East Asia region, and the ...
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... and socioeconomic characteristics of study participants. Of the 93 study participants, 69% were South African citizens (21% were from Mozambique) and 54% were males (Table 3). Available literature shows that such participation is not unusual given that a significant number of persons resident in the area are migrants from neighbouring African countries who came in search of employment in farms and mines (Collinson et al., 2014;Kabudula et al., 2017). ...

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