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Heatwaves are prolonged periods of high temperatures that can cause health and social impacts, such as heat-related deaths, dehydration, and power outages. WHO works with health sector and partners to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from heatwaves, especially in vulnerable populations.
Do the following to keep cool during a heatwave: Use light and loose-fitting clothing and bed linens. In order to avoid heat accumulation, do not use cushions. Take cool showers or baths. Wet your skin using a damp cloth, a spray bottle, or wet clothing. Drink water regularly (1 cup of water per hour and at least 2–3 litres per day).
Heat waves are prolonged periods of high temperatures that can affect human health and cause excess mortality. Learn about the criteria, frequency, and health effects of heat waves in India, and how to protect yourself and others from the heat.
Heat is a leading cause of weather-related deaths and can exacerbate underlying illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental health. Learn how to protect yourself and others from heat stress, heatstroke and other health impacts of extreme heat and heatwaves.
Unprecedented. Frightening. Apocalyptic. These are just some of the adjectives used in news reports as vast swathes of the WHO European Region suffer from ferocious wildfires and record-breaking high temperatures amid an ongoing, protracted heatwave. Climate change is not new. Its consequences, however, are mounting season after season, year after year, with disastrous outcomes. Heat kills ...
Heatwaves also place an increased strain on infrastructure (power, water and transport). Clothes and food retailing, tourism and ecosystem services can also be affected, such that there may be socioeconomic “winners and losers” from heatwave events. In some instances, heatwaves may even trigger social disturbances at a number of levels.
of heatwave early warning systems, alerting decision-makers and the general public to impending dangerous hot weather. It is important that public-health measures and advice on how to avoid negative health outcomes associated with hot-weather extremes, are elaborated in advance.
High air temperatures can affect human health and lead to additional deaths even under current climatic conditions. Heat waves occur infrequently in Europe and can significantly affect human health, as witnessed in summer 2003. This report reviews the current knowledge about the effects of heat-waves, including the physiological aspects of heat illness and epidemiological studies on excess ...
In an effort to better understand evolving governance around heat and health, the Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and HIGH Horizons Project, is calling for submissions of Heat Health Action Plans, National Health Adaptation Plans and related governance documents containing heat health components from around the world.The collected ...
Overview . Climate change is leading to an increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable.