Extreme heat: a global call to action

Affiliations

¹ Health Security and Preparedness, Country Capacity Assessment and Planning Unit, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
² Joint Climate and Health Office, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Climate Service Center Germany, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Global Disaster Risk Reduction, UK Health Security Agency, London, England.
⁵ Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America.

Editorial

Ankur Rakesh et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 1;103(8):466-466A.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.25.293342.

¹ Health Security and Preparedness, Country Capacity Assessment and Planning Unit, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
² Joint Climate and Health Office, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Climate Service Center Germany, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Global Disaster Risk Reduction, UK Health Security Agency, London, England.
⁵ Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America.

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