Background
At the current 8-year mean heating of 1,14 degree Celsius pre-industrial levels, climate change is undeniably impacting health: over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change, 24% of all estimated global deaths are linked to the environment and WHO estimates that climate change, between 2030 and 2050, will cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoeal and heat stress alone. In addition to the health burden, unequal evidence base is also observed, with underdeveloped methods: only ~10% of peer-reviewed publications in 2022 were focusing on Africa and innovative tools integrating climate and health data for modelling are often skewed towards a specific disease and available in HICs. The need for integrated interdisciplinary approaches and the generation of impact evidence is lacking and will be instrumental to inform policy making and adaptation and mitigation options. Furthermore, disruptive and integrated innovations need to be incentivised to foster cross-sector collaboration.
This call focuses on Diarrhoeal diseases (DDs) as part of the Climate and Health related diseases, majority of which are mostly transmitted through excreta-related infections. DDs are preventable and treatable but still represent the third leading cause of death in children 1-59 months of
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