Heat impacts on human health in the Western Pacific Region: an umbrella review

Author: Y.T.Eunice Lo, Emily Vosper, Julian P.T. Higgins, Guy Howard

Year: 2023

Published in: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

There is strong evidence of heat-related mortality in the WPR, with the evidence concentrating on high-income countries and China. Associations between heat and cardiovascular or respiratory morbidity are not robust. There is evidence of heat-related dehydration and stroke, and preterm and still births in high-income countries in the WPR. Some evidence of sleep disturbance from heat is found for Australia, Japan and China