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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Meet REACT's Calvin Kunaka from @ceshhar.bsky.social In this short video he talks about climate crisis, gender and community health workers, and why their intersection is the topic of his PhD studies. #globalhealth @nihr.bsky.social @herdintl.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

REACT's first newsletter is out. Find a LinkedIn version here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/hello-... and a Mailchimp version here: mailchi.mp/884797e1990a... And remember to subscribe! @herdintl.bsky.social @ceshhar.bsky.social #globalhealth

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

What's the climate & health policy landscape in #Nepal? Where are the gaps & priorities across government? How does it impact on REACT's health worker research? @shophika.bsky.social from @herdintl.bsky.social explains... ▶️https://www.reactconsortium.com/resource/climate-health-policy-nepal/

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

REACT's India Hotopf speaks about the team’s approach to capacity strengthening – why capacity strengthening is important, the methods we adopt & who benefits. More here: www.reactconsortium.com

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Stay up to date with the progress of REACT Consortium's co-developed climate health interventions in #Nepal and #Zimbabwe. Sign up for our newsletter... 📩 mailchi.mp/48f296a290dd...

A multicoloured 'C' going from blue at the bottom to red at the top and indicating rising temperatures. Also the words 'Introducing REACT - resilient and Equitable Health Workforce to Address Climate Threats'

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Watch Collins Timire talk about @ceshhar.bsky.social's review of climate policy in Zimbabwe, including the gaps REACT hopes to help fill. Find the full length version here ▶️https://www.reactconsortium.com/resource/climate-health-policy-zimbabwe/ @herdintl.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

How do you train people for field work in challenging terrain and climates? Find out in 'Mobilizing enumerators for climate and health research' - a new article from Dr Ashish Shrestha of @herdintl.bsky.social reactconsortium.com/nepal/mobili...

A group of standing and seated smiling Nepali men and women - the trainees successfully finished their training sessions

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Following successful completion of training at Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City and Chandannath Rural Municipality, HERD International has mobilized #enumerators to conduct quantitative an qualitative data collection as part of the #BaselineSurvey in both study sites.

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Our #nepal team, led by @herdintl.bsky.social, successfully completed #enumerators training and project orientation and coordination meeting with the #Healthsection at Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang District.

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

How is REACT working to strengthen the responsiveness of the health workforce against health impacts of climate crisis? Find out more below... 📨 mailchi.mp/48f296a290dd... LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/react-con... Blue Sky bsky.app/profile/reac... X x.com/REACTconsort...

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Stay up to date with the progress of REACT Consortium's health worker co-developed, climate health interventions in #Nepal and #Zimbabwe. 📩 mailchi.mp/48f296a290dd... LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/react-con... Facebook www.facebook.com/profile.php?... X x.com/REACTconsort...

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

REACT is working in #Nepal & #Zimbabwe to strengthen the responsiveness of the health workforce against health impacts of climate crisis. But why those settings? Find out below... More on REACT here www.lstmed.ac.uk/react @herdintl.bsky.social @ceshhar.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

Climate change in Nepal and its impact
Nepal is the twelfth most climate-vulnerable country in the world. It is experiencing changes in both its weather patterns and extreme weather events. Impacts include:
• Weather-related disasters: Nepal is subject to heavy rainfall, floods, landslides, forest fires, cold temperature waves, thunderbolts, windstorms and epidemics. Incidents have increased from 240/year in 2015 to 2,366/year in 2024.
• Increasing impacts: of the people physically impacted by climate-induced disasters every year, 53% suffer injuries, 41.7% are killed, and 5.3% go missing.
• Food insecurity: rising temperatures and erratic rainfall disrupt agriculture, impacting on people’s livelihoods and mental health and contributing to malnutrition.
• Increased cases of infectious diseases: there is a shifting pattern of vector-borne diseases and risk of climate sensitive diseases across new geographical regions. A 1oC rise in average temperature is associated with a five-fold rise in water-borne and vector-borne disease-related morbidity and mortality.
• Increased instances of non-communicable diseases: Temperature-related morbidity and mortality are rising.
• Health system challenges: Nepal’s health system must adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis, tackling limited infrastructure and a shortage of health workers. There’s more on how we are contributing to this adaptation here.

Climate change in Zimbabwe and its impact
Zimbabwe is the 15th most vulnerable country to climate crisis (based on climate impacts 2000-19). It was ranked 2nd in the global climate risk index in 2021, largely because of floods, high temperatures and variable rainfall and droughts. Temperatures in Zimbabwe are rising at twice the global rate, with more frequent heatwaves of unprecedented intensity. Zimbabwe is experiencing:
• Rising temperatures and heatwaves: contributing to heat-related illnesses including heat exhaustion and heatstroke
• Less rainfall: the country has seen a 5% decrease in rainfall since 1915, with increased frequency and longer dry spells during the rainy season. It is estimated that there will be a 21% increase in incidence of severe drought between 2040 and 2059.
• Food insecurity: drought has severe negative impacts on agricultural productivity and food security. In the 2019/20 season, 5.5 million rural and 2.2 million urban Zimbabweans were estimated to be food insecure.
• Increased burden of infectious diseases such as cholera, malaria and diarrhoea.
• Increased instances of non-communicable diseases including respiratory illness, malnutrition, and maternal and newborn complications.
• Health system challenges: Zimbabwe faces serious shortages of health staff and resources. How we are helping the health system adapt is covered here.

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

How is the climate crisis impacting on the health of people in our study sites of #Nepal & #Zimbabwe? How can REACT help support climate resilience in those regions? Find out in our video. www.lstmed.ac.uk/react (full version) @herdintl.bsky.social @ceshhar.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

What is REACT? How is the climate crisis impacting on the health of people in our study sites of #Nepal & #Zimbabwe? How will we help health workers address these challenges? Watch our video www.lstmed.ac.uk/react (full version) @herdintl.bsky.social @ceshhar.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Introducing REACT - a health research consortium working to strengthen the responsiveness of the health workforce against health impacts of climate crisis in #Nepal & #Zimbabwe. More here: lstmed.ac.uk/react @herdintl.bsky.social @ceshhar.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

A large 'C' with colours suggesting increasing temperatures and and the words 'Introducing REACT, resilient and equitable health workforce to address climate threats'

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REACT Consortium @reactconsortium.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A reminder that the team at @ceshhar.bsky.social is recruiting PhD students to work on the new REACT consortium. If you're interested in a fully-funded, three year study into health workers and climate-crisis mitigation this might be for you. Deadline: 16 May vacancymail.co.zw/jobs/react-p...

Advert - study for a fully-funded PhD - with the words 'Interested in Zimbabwe's
health workforce?

Want to help mitigate against impacts of the climate crisis?

Apply here:
bit.ly/CeSHHAR-PHD

And a photo of an older Zimbabwean lady in a field

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