Heat, maternal & child health

Project objectives

Objectives

1. Link local temperature measurements with SEACO cohort observations relevant to maternal and child health.
2. Work with women, health volunteers and the district health office to identify useful heat-risk information.
3. Develop and explore a prototype climate-informed risk dashboard.

Research approach

Research approach

Climate-Informed Risk Screening for Maternal and Child Health: Linking Heat and Cohort Data in Segamat, Malaysia is led by Dr Marwa Ramadan. The team plans to connect cohort and local temperature data and co-develop a heat-risk dashboard prototype with women, health volunteers and the district health office. This is early research and a planned prototype, rather than a validated clinical warning service. It is presented as related SEACO work; a formal CHEERS project affiliation has not been established.

Programme: Global Population Health 2026 Seed Grants · Lead: Dr Marwa Ramadan · Setting: SEACO / Segamat

Partners & connections

Partner institutions

This is related SEACO research. A formal CHEERS project affiliation has not been established.

Current status · 12 November 2026

Seed research · Announced October 2026

The project was announced in the Global Population Health 2026 Seed Grants on 13 October 2026. It is early research led by Marwa Ramadan, with a planned heat-risk dashboard prototype. No validated clinical warning tool or project-specific outcome paper is established by that announcement.

Publications & evidence

Related publications

No project-specific paper is identified in the reviewed library. The October 2026 Monash seed-grant announcement is the available public project source.

Research settings

Research settings