Webinar about Heat Waves and Mortality in Africa: In-depth Overview and Quantification

2025/10/8       02:00 PM
2025/10/8       03:30 PM
Online via Zoom

Webinar about Heat Waves and Mortality in Africa: In-depth Overview and Quantification

Join the conversation on one of Africa’s pressing climate and health challenges. The increasing frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves, driven by climate change, pose a growing public health threat worldwide. Africa is disproportionately vulnerable to these risks due to geographical, socio-economic, infrastructural, and health system factors. Despite this vulnerability, research and surveillance on heat wave-associated mortality in Africa remain limited. 

This webinar will examine the evidence and approaches for quantifying mortality from heat waves, drawing on experiences from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and South Africa.

Date: Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Time: 
3:00–4:30 PM EAT 
2:00–3:30 PM CEST
12:00–1:30 PM GMT

This event is organized by:

  • Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) for Preparedness and Response to Pandemics and Shocks, co-led by Makerere University (Uganda) and Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
  • Partner institutions:
    • University of Cape Town
    • University of Cheikh Anta Diop
    • University of Oslo
    • University of Ibadan
    • Karolinska Institutet
    • University of Kinshasa
       
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