CHEERS Network / Projects
Explore collaborative studies, shared methods and connected research. Each profile identifies its relationship to CHEERS, the participating teams and its current stage.
Malaysia & regional connections
A population platform, monitoring studies, an adaptation project and a regional hub connect through shared people, methods and exchange.
Population research platform
The South East Asia Community Observatory is Monash University Malaysia’s longitudinal population research platform in Segamat, Johor. Its established community relationships and repeated observations support climate and health studies.
Explore the Malaysia setting ↗About SEACO ↗Monitoring & cohort studies
CHEERS methods are adapted through wearable, indoor and weather measurements at SEACO. Respiratory research and the cardiovascular study connect local exposure with repeated health observations.
CHIMES (CVD): current SEACO listing 2025–2026
Explore CHIMES (CVD) ↗CHIMES study protocol ↗Partner-led adaptation project
Also presented locally as Heat Care at SEACO, this Wellcome-funded project studies community-informed heat literacy and building adaptations, including cool roofs. Environmental and wearable measurements support evaluation of health and thermal comfort.
Implementation listed: 2024–2028
Wellcome funding listed: 2023–2027
Regional partner hub
The Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health supports locally led research in South and Southeast Asia. Monash University Malaysia, Sunway University and the Maldives National University connect community adaptation, capacity building and climate-resilient health systems.
ARCH initiative · IDRC & UK FCDO
Active programme listed: 2024–2028
REACH is an independent regional hub whose public programme highlights CHEERS-SEA exchange. These connections do not make every REACH or SEACO activity a CHEERS project. Project objectives and prototypes describe research in progress, rather than demonstrated health effects.
Collaborative research
Research projects, related partner-led studies
and contributions to methods and capacity.
CHEERS infrastructure
Nouna, Burkina Faso · Siaya, Kenya
Connecting long-term population follow-up with the measurements needed to investigate climate and health.
CHEERS-related field study
SEACO / Segamat, Malaysia
Linking weather, household conditions and wearable observations to respiratory and cardiovascular health.
Connected research
Nouna, Burkina Faso · Siaya, Kenya
Investigating the pathway from heat exposure to farmer health, work capacity, crop yields and nutrition.
Connected methods research
Heidelberg · Research partnerships in Africa and Asia
Using graph databases and AI to investigate complex relationships between climate exposure and health.
Partner-led adaptation research
SEACO / Segamat, Malaysia
Community-informed heat literacy and cool-roof research, supported by environmental and physiological monitoring.
CHEERS-related field study
SEACO / Segamat, Malaysia
Studying heat, humidity and cardiovascular health through wearable, household, weather and blood-pressure measurements.
Partner-led research
Segamat, Malaysia
Linking SEACO cohort and local temperature data to explore climate-informed risk screening with communities.
CHEERS-related field study
Siaya, Kenya
Combining wearable monitoring with surveys and lived experience among people with and without HIV.
CHEERS-related field study
Nouna, Burkina Faso
Studying heat, activity and sleep alongside asthma, COPD and lung-function assessment.
Connected adaptation research
Nouna, Burkina Faso
Evaluating reflective roofs as a practical response to indoor heat in rural communities.
CHEERS pilot
Vadu / Pune, India
Adapting climate and health monitoring to a South Asian population cohort and its local research priorities.
Shared field methods
Malaysia · Kenya · Shared technical exchange
Sharing practical experience in building, deploying and maintaining low-cost 3D-printed weather stations.
Connected capacity development
International learning resource development
Contributing climate and health content to implementation-research learning for teams and institutions.
Methods pilot
Belém, Brazil
Preparing linked wearable and household environmental measurements with local research partners in Belém.
Independent EU project
Multicountry · Core HDSS and satellite settings
A forthcoming multicountry collaboration on climate, livelihoods, food insecurity, mental health and community preparedness.
