CLIMATE CHANGE
The University of the Witwatersrand’s Planetary Health Research (Wits PHR) division, directed by Professor Matthew Chersich, is leading a major international research initiative to examine the impacts of climate change on the health of pregnant women and newborns.
Funded by a €3.3 million Wellcome Trust Climate and Health Challenge Award, the Global Heat Attribution Project (GHAP) will link climate data with 45 million birth records across Africa, Europe, and Latin America to measure the true extent of the effect of climate change on heat-related health risks in vulnerable populations.
