Getting the message right: Heat risk communication to protect children
Categories: Climate change & health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Video, Guidance document, Country experience, Global, Climate Resilient Health Systems
Publisher: UNICEF
On 8 July 2025, UNICEF, the Children's Environmental Health Collaborative, and the Global Heat Health Information Network held its first webinar of a 3-part series on extreme heat and maternal and child health.
This presentation and webinar recording include real world examples of how governments are implementing risk communication frameworks to protect pregnant women and children, as well as on ongoing research identifying how risk communication efforts can be further improved, particularly for patients and pregnant women.
The related UNICEF Technical Note on Protecting children from heat stress is also made available below. This note aims to improve the understanding of how heat stress impacts pregnant women, infants, children and adolescents; identify the symptoms of heat stress; and suggest interventions to support prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment to protect children’s health and well-being. It includes a risk communication framework, clinical case management and recommendations for planning and preparedness to protect pregnant women, infants, children and adolescents from heat stress.