Kc Ashish, Vaezghasemi Masoud
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Medical Faculty, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Glob Health Action. 2025 Dec;18(1):2476277. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2476277. Epub 2025 Mar 13.
The balls are rolling for climate change, with increasing vulnerability to women and children related to climate extreme events. Recent evidence has shown that acute exposure to heat wave during pregnancy can be associated with adverse health outcomes in childhood, with the risk being significantly higher among socially disadvantaged population, despite their lack of contribution to global carbon dioxide emissions and the rising global ambient temperature. This unequal impact requires utmost attention to develop tools, establish interdisciplinary teams, and to implement evidence-based interventions for the betterment of women and children in climate-vulnerable populations.
气候变化的势头正愈演愈烈，妇女和儿童在气候极端事件中面临的脆弱性日益增加。最近的证据表明，孕期急性暴露于热浪中可能与儿童期不良健康后果有关，在社会弱势群体中这种风险显著更高，尽管他们对全球二氧化碳排放和全球环境温度上升没有责任。这种不平等的影响需要我们给予最大程度的关注，以开发工具、组建跨学科团队并实施基于证据的干预措施，从而改善气候脆弱人群中妇女和儿童的状况。
