I’m excited to share this new Public Health issue, bringing together 14 studies to examine how health systems are affected by climate change and strategies to strengthen resilience and sustainability for long-term health system performance. Click here to learn more ➡️: bit.ly/3PbuKAi

The REACH Project Team at #COP30! 🌍 We had the privilege of presenting our COP30 report to Her Excellency, Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes, Minister of Women in Brazil. We explored shared priorities on #climate change and #health, and we’re excited for future engagement to strengthen MCH resilience.

What if we could open the black box of pay-for-performance? Our new study on Tanzania’s maternal health program uses agent-based modeling to explain the behavior and system mechanisms behind improved facility births—and how better payment timing could unlock more gains. www.jasss.org/28/4/7.html

#REACH researchers contributed to a great new resource for the #health #systems community, a #book called: Health Systems Resilience: #Understanding Complex #Adaptive Systems (ed Karl Blanchet). Read more here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

Our longer-term goal is to develop a robust hybrid model that leverages the strengths of different modelling approaches (system dynamics and agent-based) to capture both demand and supply of maternal and child health services during floods and heatwaves.

This #prototype represents a significant step towards #building a #SDM to assess the impacts of #floods, #heat, and resilience-building interventions on #health #service delivery, focusing on the #processes that drive #supply of services in #Brazil and #Zambia.

The model is built around state charts #tracking women through #pregnancy (antenatal clinic visits and deliveries) and #vaccination of infants. #Next steps include #tailoring the model to #Zambia and #Brazil using #real data and #stakeholder input.

The REACH project celebrated a key milestone with the development of a functional #prototype agent-based model using #AI generated data #simulating how #climate hazards impact #women’s care seeking behaviour and #health facilities.

REACH Project Selected as Supporting Evidence for Concrete Inputs to the Belém Health Action Plan at the Global Conference on Climate & Health in Brasília! www.who.int/news-room/ev...

@ivansilva92.bsky.social presented on the review of flood and heat impacts on maternal and child health care at the recent #IHEA2025 conference. Learn more about our work here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Researchers from the #REACH project actively contributed to multiple sessions at the #IHEA2025, showcasing our work at the intersection of climate change and maternal & child health systems. Click here to learn more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Launched our new book Health Financing in Low & Middle Income Countries: The Path to UHC at #IHEA2025 pre-conference. Co-edited by me, Daniel Maceira, Shankar Prinja & Virginia Wiseman. Great talks by chapter authors & thanks to all for support & ideas to promote the book!

Just back from #IHEA2025 in Bali, Indonesia! I moderated our REACH project session (www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...) with exciting talks on climate impacts on maternal & child health care by @IvanSilva & @ChitaluChama. #ClimateChange #MaternalHealth

We’re pleased to share that our paper, “Regional variations in the impacts of #high #temperature on #hospital #admissions in #Brazil,” has been published in #Environment #International. Read the full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...