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- Heatwaves - World Health Organization (WHO)
Heatwaves can burden health and emergency services and also increase strain on water, energy and transportation resulting in power shortages or even blackouts Food and livelihood security may also be strained if people lose their crops or livestock due to extreme heat
- Heat waves - World Health Organization (WHO)
They can also cause loss of health service delivery capacity, where power-shortages which often accompany heatwaves disrupt health facilities, transport, and water infrastructure In India Heat waves typically occur from March to June, and in some rare cases, even extend till July
- Heatwaves: How to stay cool - World Health Organization (WHO)
During a heatwave you should aim to keep your living space cool Check the room temperature between 08:00 and 10:00, at 13:00 and at night after 22:00 Ideally, the room temperature should be kept below 32 °C during the day and 24 °C during the night This is especially important for infants, adults over the age of 60 years or those who have chronic health conditions Use the night air to
- Heatwaves and health: guidance on warning-system development
WMO and WHO issue guidance on the development of warning-systems for heatwaves in this joint publication
- Heat and health
A heatwave is a period where local excess heat accumulates over a sequence of unusually hot days and nights Heatwaves and prolonged excess heat conditions are increasing in frequency, duration, intensity and magnitude due to climate change Even low and moderate intensity heat waves can impact the health and well-being of vulnerable populations
- Heatwaves Euro - World Health Organization (WHO)
Heat is a growing health risk due to burgeoning urbanization, an increase in high-temperature extremes and demographic changes in countries with ageing populations, like most Member States of the WHO European Region Heatwaves across the Region are affecting the health and livelihoods of millions of people and climate change is increasing the risk of them occurring Extreme heat in the summer
- Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System Development
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
- Heat-waves: risks and responses
This report reviews the current knowledge about the effects of heat-waves, including the physiological aspects of heat illness and epidemiological studies on excess mortality, and makes recommendations for preventive action
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