World Health Day 2025: Know how climate change affects maternal and newborn health

Climate change is a crisis that has been looming large over our civilisation for a long time and has now reached significant proportions. It impacts not just the human beings and other animals but can disrupt the whole ecological balance. It imposes risk, especially on the vulnerable population. The pregnant woman & newborns face challenges unique to them because of their different physiology and impaired adaptation. India has been struggling to bring down our maternal & neonatal mortality rates, and the climate risk threatens to jeopardise it further. The inequitable distribution of resources and infrastructure further affects the ability to withstand extreme weather events.

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