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ReviewThe Lancet. Global health2026

Setting research priorities to understand and address the impact of climate change on the health of women and children in low-income and middle-income countries using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method.

Ruby Syal, Tobias Alfvén, Per Ashorn, Robert E Black, Matthew Chersich, Jai K Das, Gloria Maimela, Lynnette Neufeld, David Phillips, Anayda Portela and 5 more

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Review in The Lancet. Global health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Ruby SyalCentre for Global Child Health, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Tobias AlfvénDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Per AshornCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; Department of Paediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Robert E BlackDepartment of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Matthew ChersichWits Planetary Health Research Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Jai K DasDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University South-Central Asia, East Africa, and UK, Karachi, Pakistan.
Gloria MaimelaWits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Foundation for Professional Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
Lynnette NeufeldFood and Nutrition Division (ESN), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
David PhillipsGates Ventures, Seattle, WA, USA.
Anayda PortelaDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Igor RudanEdinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Soumya SwaminathanMS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Michelle F GaffeyCentre for Global Child Health, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, ON, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Zulfiqar A BhuttaCentre for Global Child Health, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University South-Central Asia, East Africa, and UK, Karachi, Pakistan; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Lawson Centre Distinguished Fellow in Climate Change, Food Systems and Child and Adolescent Nutrition. Electronic address: zulfiqar.bhutta@aku.edu.
Climate Change and Health Impacts on Women and Children in LMICs Research Priorities Group

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is a substantial global health threat in the 21st century, disproportionately affecting low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which face significant climate risks, pre-existing vulnerabilities, and have relatively few interventions in place. With a scarcity of research in LMICs, and diminishing development assistance, setting priorities to address climate change-related health impacts on women and children is both urgent and prudent. We consulted 88 climate and health researchers between 2022 and 2024 to generate relevant questions regarding climate change impacts on women and children's health and potential solutions. A diverse group of 52 experts prioritised a shortlist of 70 questions using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method. The top three priorities included vulnerability mapping, integrating climate metrics into surveillance, and long-term heat exposure effects. This Health Policy underscores key knowledge gaps in climate-related health outcomes affecting women and children in LMICs, and suggests a focused research agenda for guiding global investments in resilience and adaptation.

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Child HealthClimate ChangeDeveloping CountriesResearchWomen's HealthChildFemaleHumans

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PMCPMC13106043

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