ArticleBMJ global health2024
Extreme heat, pregnancy and women's well-being in Burkina Faso: an ethnographical study.
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- Extreme heat and mental health: systematic review and qualitative investigation of risk and protective factors.Psychological medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Climate change and gendered vulnerability: A systematic review of women's health.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
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- Investigating environmental heat exposure and its effects on maternal and fetal health in rural Northern Ghana (Physio-HeMAB Study): a study protocol for a cluster randomized trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Extreme weather events and pathways to mental health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.Climate risk management · 2026Article
- Effects of heat exposure on self-reported heat strain symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa.npj digital public health · 2026Article
- Extreme weather events and mental health impacts in West Africa: A systematic review of evidence gaps.Journal of public health in Africa · 2026Review
- The neuropsychiatric toll of rising temperatures on women's health in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Intervention co-design to reduce the impact of heat exposure on pregnant and postpartum women and newborns in Burkina Faso.Health policy and planning · 2025Article
- The Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Stressors on Maternal Mental Health: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Ten new insights in climate science 2024.One earth (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Review
- Assessing Sub-Saharan Africa's readiness to address the impact of climate change and health: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- The mental health impact of the climate and ecological crisis on vulnerable populations in Africa.Cogent mental health · 2025Review
- Climate change, evolution, and reproductive health: The impact of water insecurity and heat stress on pregnancy and lactation.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2025Review
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- Relationship between global warming and autism spectrum disorder from 1990 to 2019.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Emerging mechanistic pathways linking heat, sleep and mental health in low-resource urban settings: Insights from Kampala and Beyond.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
- Climate education as adaptation: A scoping review of programs advancing maternal and newborn health.The journal of climate change and healthReview
- The impact of climate change on maternal and child health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A five-year (2020-2024) scoping review.The journal of climate change and healthReview
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Abstract
Climate change is an increasing threat to the health of populations in Africa, with a shift in seasonal temperatures towards more extreme heat exposures. In Burkina Faso, like other countries in the Sahel, many women have little protection against exposure to high temperatures, either outside or inside the home or place of work. This paper investigates how women perceive the impacts of heat on their physical and mental health, in addition to their social relationships and economic activities. Qualitative methods (in-depth interviews and focus group discussions) were conducted with women, community representatives and healthcare professionals in two regions in Burkina Faso. A thematic analysis was used to explore the realities of participants' experiences and contextual perspectives in relation to heat. Our research shows extreme temperatures have a multifaceted impact on pregnant women, mothers and newborns. Extreme heat affects women's functionality and well-being. Heat undermines a woman's ability to care for themselves and their child and interferes negatively with breast feeding. Heat negatively affects their ability to work and to maintain harmonious relationships with their partners and families. Cultural practices such as a taboo on taking the baby outside before the 40th day may exacerbate some of the negative consequences of heat. Most women do not recognise heat stress symptoms and lack awareness of heat risks to health. There is a need to develop public health messages to reduce the impacts of heat on health in Burkina Faso. Programmes and policies are needed to strengthen the ability of health professionals to communicate with women about best practices in heat risk management.
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