1st GHHIN Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum
Jan 7, 2025 - Jan 10, 2025
Host:
Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub
Location:
Singapore
The First Global Heat Health Information Network Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum will take place on 7-10 January 2025 in Singapore, under the theme of ‘“Toward a heat resilient Southeast Asia: Enhancing livelihoods and wellbeing.”
The Forum, with support from Wellcome, will serve as a pivotal platform for enhancing Southeast Asia’s regional capacity, fostering partnerships, and promoting evidence-based policies to manage extreme heat risks effectively in the region.
Focusing on Southeast Asia, this invitation-only event will focus on areas of urban heat, heat at work, and community, cultural & traditional perspectives. The Forum will address:
- Heat exposure from multi-sectoral perspectives
- Impacts of heat on people, health, and livelihoods
- Strategies and solutions to mitigate heat risk
- Key enablers for effective heat risk management
Interested in participating? Submit your abstracts or indicate your interest via the event website.
About the Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub:
The Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub (SEA HHH) is a regional hub of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN), anchored at the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) at the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The mission of SEA HHH is to advance partnership, collaboration, and advocacy within Southeast Asia to protect and prepare for the impacts of heat on human health and well-being.