CHEERS Network / Events
Workshops bring research teams together to exchange experience, work with new instruments and shape collaborative studies.
Bangkok, Thailand
Related scientific exchange · Heat Care / HeatNexus
Heat Care collaborators contributed to the HeatNexus synthesis writeshop and participated in the Global Heat Forum, connecting community heat-adaptation research with wider scientific and policy discussions.
Scientific focus, researchers & sourcesNairobi, Kenya
Related scientific exchange · APCC Climate and Health
The inaugural APCC Climate and Health Technical Working Group meeting brought cohort researchers together to discuss shared priorities, data integration and evidence for adaptation.
Scientific focus, researchers & sourcesMaldives National University, Malé, Maldives
Related regional exchange · REACH
REACH partners met at Maldives National University to develop regional climate-health collaboration, publications and digital learning, including work on a massive open online course.
Scientific focus, researchers & sourcesMarch 2026
Vadu HDSS / KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune region, Maharashtra, India
A pilot-preparation workshop connected Vadu, Heidelberg and Nouna expertise to adapt CHEERS research methods to the local HDSS. The work centred on linked environmental and physiological measurements, morbidity surveillance and culturally appropriate mental-health questions.
Programme, people & photographs ↗Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Related heat-adaptation exchange · HeatNexus
Monash University Malaysia and the Institute of Development Studies co-hosted the first HeatNexus Global Symposium, with Wellcome support, to connect research and practical responses to heat-health risks.
Scientific focus, researchers & sources11–12 December 2025
KEMRI, Kisumu, Kenya
A practical workshop on producing weather-station components locally, adapting open-source designs developed through SEACO collaboration for use at KEMRI.
Programme, people & photographs ↗29 September–2 October 2025
Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, with a SEACO field visit to Segamat and Chaah, Johor
CHEERS-SEA brought population-research teams together to exchange field experience, compare measurement approaches and explore a shared regional climate-health research agenda. The programme combined HDSS introductions, technical workshops and a visit to SEACO communities.
Programme, people & photographs ↗23–27 September 2024
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
The Heidelberg workshop explored how established health and demographic surveillance can support climate-health research. Researchers exchanged experience on CHEERS infrastructure, linked measurements, disease burden and locally relevant adaptation.
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