Climate, Environmental & Occupational Health

Overview

Environmental and occupational exposures rarely act as isolated variables. Heat is experienced through work intensity, hydration, rest and income pressures. Household air pollution is connected to cooking practices, fuel access, housing and gendered exposure. Floods, drought and extreme weather can alter mobility, livelihoods, roads and the continuity of health services. These pathways make climate and environment health-system questions as well as exposure questions.

WEMA's related work brings together occupational kidney health, household/environmental exposures in population cohorts, and research on how climate-related shocks intersect with HIV-related vulnerability and continuity.