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Evidence & editorial scope

Sources and editorial scope

CHEERS Network connects researchers, population platforms and participating institutions around a shared climate-health framework. This website presents the framework, collaborative studies, methods and connected research. Individual responsibilities and published authorship are identified in the relevant profiles.

Research scope

The directory distinguishes CHEERS research, shared methods and connected initiatives. Project profiles describe institutional responsibilities and implementation stages. Belém is a methods pilot in preparation. REFRAME is an independent EU project in contract preparation with a January 2027 start planned.

How to read the site

The first full CHEERS implementation described in the 2023 framework is Nouna. Siaya and SEACO have implemented related measurement components and studies. These settings differ in scope, instruments and project maturity. Vadu is presented as a developing pilot; CHEERS-SEA exchange locations are not described as fully implemented CHEERS systems.

Project profiles distinguish established infrastructure, published protocols, work in development and completed contributions. Research plans and protocols do not establish effectiveness. Related studies by network partners are identified separately from direct CHEERS and component publications.

The publication library is a researched catalogue of 28 relevant publications and selected methodological predecessors. It is not a claim to include every paper written by participating researchers or every article citing CHEERS. Titles, years and DOIs were checked against primary publication records. Study notes draw on a deeper review of 23 full texts and five abstracts or partial texts; each record identifies which access level was available. Publication types and the direct/related connection are editorial classifications. Citation downloads include titles, years, journals and DOIs, with full authors where verified. Resolve the DOI for complete original metadata.

Interpreting the research

Observational associations, feasibility findings and laboratory device agreement answer different questions. High acceptance does not establish complete data coverage. A laboratory validation sample in Berlin does not establish equivalent device performance in every field population. Protocols, retrospective AI analyses and implementation case studies do not demonstrate a clinically validated early-warning service.

The evidence review also distinguishes weather-sensitive burden from attribution to human-caused climate change, and pre-intervention expectations about cool roofs from measured intervention effects. Source-specific sample sizes, measurement durations and interpretation limits appear in the study notes.

CHEERS Network presentation

The CHEERS Network website introduces the network’s mission, research connections, shared activities, publications and participation. The African Population Cohorts Consortium website informed this presentation structure. CHEERS project roles, implementation status and research findings are supported by the CHEERS sources listed below.

Public sources

Local research and current status

Local CHEERS planning materials, workshop presentations and more recent project correspondence were used to check terminology, team history and current project status. Private correspondence, financial and legal records, participant data and unpublished raw research data are not included in this website.

Some current developments are documented in project correspondence rather than in a public outcome paper. These include CHIMES 2.0 analysis after completion of field collection, CHEERS-SEA exchange and developing research priorities. The website makes no claim of funding awards for concepts or submitted proposals without verified confirmation.

Images and map

The Nouna setting photograph comes from the existing local CHEERS website collection. Workshop photographs were selected from the owner’s Photos library and approved for website use on 11 November 2026: Heidelberg (23 September 2024), Monash University Malaysia (29 September 2025) and the Vadu pilot preparation workshop in Pune (10 March 2026). Captions were checked against image dates, local event programmes and the owner’s clarification. Event photographs do not imply a complete membership list. Base map geometry is from Natural Earth public-domain data. Map locations are approximate and indicate research connections, not an administrative or political position.

Research and project status reviewed 12 November 2026. Public website prepared 13 November 2026. The legal notice identifies the website operator.

SEACO, Heat Care and REACH

SEACO is the population research platform. CHIMES and its cardiovascular study are monitoring research; Heat Care at SEACO is partner-led adaptation research. REACH is a separate regional hub within the IDRC–FCDO ARCH initiative. The website also identifies an October 2026 maternal and child health seed project as related SEACO research, without asserting a formal CHEERS affiliation.

Heat Care implementation and funding periods are listed separately because the local source gives different ranges. The current CHIMES (CVD) phase is distinguished from an older HEAT-CVD register entry. REACH focus countries are not treated as CHEERS field sites, and no open funding call or awarded subproject is inferred from an announced project gallery.

Team profiles and portraits

The team directory presents six network contributors and eight site or project collaborators. Institutional profiles, research-project pages and published professional contact blocks were used to check roles and contacts. The owner confirmed Malee Sunpuwan as the Kanchanaburi CHEERS contact. Each portrait is linked to a named institutional or research-profile source, and each card provides its provenance. Researcher biographies are concise editorial summaries; study-team membership and authorship are documented in the original project sources and papers.

Individual researcher profiles

Each researcher has a dedicated page with a source-based biography, documented project or network contributions, and selected authored publications. Authorship links within the existing library were checked against public bibliographic author records; published author lists are now available for all 28 records, retaining indexed initials or name order where the publisher supplies them. Additional selected papers on the researcher pages illustrate wider scholarship and are labelled separately from the CHEERS catalogue. These pages are selected research profiles rather than complete career bibliographies.

Publication detail pages

There are 33 publication detail pages: the 28 records in the searchable CHEERS catalogue and five additional papers from researcher profiles. Twenty-eight summaries draw on reviewed full text; five older or restricted-access records remain marked as abstract or partial-text reviews. Pages distinguish protocol plans, observational findings, methods and reflective practice.

Researcher links identify published coauthors with website profiles. Site and project links carry explicit labels for study setting, protocol setting, framework implementation or wider methods and network context. An author’s platform connection alone does not identify the paper’s study population. Original publication authorship is preserved.