Protecting pregnant women from climate disasters: Strategies in the aftermath of Pakistan's devastating flood

Mehreen Zaigham^{1

2

3}, Mayte Bryce-Alberti^{1

4}, Letícia Nunes Campos^{1

5}, Callum Forbes^{1

6}, Abbie E Naus¹, Manon Pigeolet⁷, Sarah K Hill¹, Hamaiyal Sana^{1

8}, Anam N Ehsan¹, Lubna Samad⁹, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz^{1

10

11}, Craig D McClain^{1

12}, Sabrina Juran¹

Affiliations

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Obstetrics and Gynecology Institution of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁵ Faculty of Medical Science, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Prince Edward Island, Brazil.
⁶ Center for Equity in Global Surgery, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan.
⁹ Center for Essential Surgical and Acute Care, IRD Global, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁰ Department of Plastic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Epidemiology, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
¹² Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Editorial

Mehreen Zaigham et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;163(2):348-351.

doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14896. Epub 2023 Jun 5.

¹ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Obstetrics and Gynecology Institution of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁵ Faculty of Medical Science, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Prince Edward Island, Brazil.
⁶ Center for Equity in Global Surgery, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan.
⁹ Center for Essential Surgical and Acute Care, IRD Global, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁰ Department of Plastic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Epidemiology, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
¹² Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Pakistan; climate change; climate event; flood; health care; maternal; natural disaster; pregnant women; vulnerable populations.

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