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Lessons in resilience: what health workers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America know and do in response to worsening climate change impacts on their communities
Between July 2023 and June 2026, a nascent global community of health and humanitarian workers connected to learn from and support each other. Working with The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF), they built something that does not yet have a settled name in global health: a way to treat the observations of community-based health workers as…
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Climate change and health: 14 recommendations for health workers, national planners, and global partners
This article presents 14 practical recommendations for action on climate change and health. The recommendations are grounded in the experiences shared by thousands of health workers and documented in the Teach to Reach 11 report “Local action to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis on health” The recommendations below are what we conclude when…
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Climate change and health: 8 take-aways from community-based responses
In Niger, the rains in 2024 were heavier than anyone alive could remember. Elders told Sidikou Issaka Maiga that they had never seen rainfall destroy so much in such a short time. The flooding washed away tracks, drowned crops, and cut whole villages off from the nearest health facility. The seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign was…
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Nouvelles perspectives: les acteurs locaux mènent la réponse face aux impacts du changement climatique sur la santé
English | Français GENÈVE, 4 juin 2026 (La Fondation Apprendre Genève) – La saison des pluies suivait autrefois un rythme que tout le monde connaissait. À partir de 2021, les grandes pluies de novembre, décembre, et février ont cessé de se comporter comme avant. La rivière Lubiji a débordé plus longtemps. Le seul moyen de…
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New insights report: Health workers are leading community responses to climate change impacts on health
English | Français GENEVA, 4 June 2026 (The Geneva Learning Foundation) – The rainy season used to follow a pattern that everyone knew. From 2021 onwards, the heavy rains in November, December, and February stopped behaving as they used to. The Lubiji river overflowed for longer. The only crossing to the maternity hospital, a pirogue,…
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What is the future of International Geneva? Insights from the CAGI report
In April 2026, the International Geneva Welcome Center (known as “CAGI”, its French acronym) published the results of a survey of 108 international NGOs based in Geneva. The findings are sobering for anyone running or working in one of these organizations. They also help frame a broader conversation that The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and…
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Health workers are already responding to climate change: a new partnership links expert-led climate and health education with frontline peer learning
The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) and The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) formalize a three-year agreement to link expert-led climate and health education with frontline peer learning. New York and Geneva, 22 April 2026 (Earth Day) – These are examples of experiences shared by health professionals enrolled in a peer learning course…
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