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Exploring adaptive capacity to arid heat in remote First Nations communities in Central Australia
Format: websiteCategories: Journal PapersThis study used yarning sessions with 30 participants from four remote First Nations communities in Central Australia to examine the impacts of extreme heat, highlighting how poor housing, energy insecurity, and limited cooling options increase health risks and the need for community-led climate adaptation strategies.
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Emergency Department Presentations During Dry and Humid Heatwaves: A Case-Crossover Study in the Northern Territory, Australia
Format: websiteCategories: Journal PapersThis research found that both dry-heat and humid heatwaves increase emergency department presentations in Australia’s Northern Territory, with visitors particularly affected during dry-heat events and Aboriginal people during humid heatwaves, highlighting the need for humidity-inclusive warning systems and targeted protections for high-risk groups.
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Associating geospatially assessed walkability with population health physical activity indicators from urban and regional settings: A case study from Tasmania, Australia
Format: websiteCategories: Journal PapersThis study found that higher neighborhood walkability is associated with increased physical activity, particularly in regional Tasmania, highlighting the potential of built environment design as a practical strategy to support healthier, more active communities.
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Unequal mental health impacts of extreme weather and climate events
Categories: Journal PapersExtreme weather and climate-related disasters have disproportionately severe mental health impacts on people with pre-existing mental illness, particularly when compounded by housing insecurity, limited social support, and reduced access to mental health services.
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Arboviral Risk at Brazilian Tourist Destinations
Categories: Journal PapersNew work in the Journal of Travel Medicine assesses the risk of mosquito-borne viral infections, such as dengue and Zika, at popular tourist destinations across Brazil.
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Resurgence of malaria in protected and rural areas after successful control program in a Brazilian amazon municipality
Categories: Journal PapersNew work in GeoHealth shows that malaria came back in protected and rural areas of a Brazilian Amazon municipality after a control program had successfully suppressed it.
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Ross River virus transmission, infection, and disease: two and a half decades of research progress—an updated cross-disciplinary review
Categories: Journal PapersA comprehensive review of Australia’s most common mosquito-borne disease is now out in Clinical Microbiology Reviews. It synthesises two and a half decades of research across virology, entomology, ecology and clinical medicine, covering what we now understand about Ross River virus transmission, infection and disease, and where the key gaps remain.
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Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Cross-Tool Comparison Session
Format: videoAs part of the ongoing capacity-building activities, this session introduced and compared three widely used tools for Health Impact Assessment (HIA): WHO AirQ+, BenMAP, and an R-based analysis pipeline. Participants explored how these tools can be applied in climate and health research and how to select appropriate approaches for different analytical needs. The session featured…
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Northern Thailand Air Quality Health Index
Format: PDFThis is the Northern Thailand Air Quality Health Index (NTAHI), according to USEPA, for quick warning of AQHI level. These flyers are deployed along with real-time sensors in 9 kindergartens (indoor and outdoor) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, under the HEAL-HAZE project.
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Emergency Department Presentations During Dry and Humid Heatwaves: A Case-Crossover Study in the Northern Territory, Australia
Format: websiteCategories: Journal PapersThis study establishes the link between extreme heat, humidity and emergency department presentations in the Northern Territory. Emergency department presentations increased by 4.4% during severe and extreme heatwaves, and by 6.1% when humidity was included in the metric. These findings call for the implementation of dual heatwave warning systems in the NT, incorporating both temperature…