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Heatwave Readiness of Healthcare in Kahramanmaraş Region, Türkiye
Partenaire de mise en œuvre : Build Change
Project name: The Approaching Threat of Global Climate Change: Assessing and Promoting the Readiness of Healthcare Facilities to Heat Waves in the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Region
Hospitals are crucial during disasters yet face growing risks. This project assesses heatwave preparedness in Türkiye’s earthquake-affected provinces, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, and Gaziantep, amid escalating climate threats.
Using the Hospital Safety Index and a Delphi-informed framework, it evaluates current resilience levels.
A final workshop will co-design strategies to boost heat-readiness, addressing the dual challenges of post-earthquake vulnerability and intensifying climate-related health risks in these high-risk communities.
recorded in parts
of Türkiye
inadequately prepared
for extreme heat
Impact et résultats clés
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The project strengthens hospital resilience against compounded earthquake and heatwave risks, ensuring continuous healthcare services while safeguarding patients, personnel, and infrastructure from intensifying climate-driven hazards and the growing pressures of complex disaster scenarios.
2
The study applies global and local assessment tools to enhance heatwave preparedness in hospitals across Türkiye’s earthquake-affected regions, strengthening healthcare delivery and climate resilience during intensifying environmental emergencies and disaster scenarios.
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The final workshop will unite cross-sector stakeholders to translate research insights into actionable, evidence-based strategies, reinforcing climate adaptation across Türkiye’s healthcare and disaster risk systems through collaborative planning and resilient policy development.
