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To ORS or not to ORS?
Countries across the world have been facing increased temperature coupled with rising frequency and intensity of heat waves. Heat is often associated with an array of physiological impacts including heatstroke, dizziness, dehydration and in severe cases, even death. Among these, dehydration has been associated with all age groups with higher vulnerability among infants, younger children […]
Professor Dasgupta Highlights Community-Centred Approach to Heat Action Plans at Delhi Science Forum
Professor Rajib Dasgupta, a co-principal investigator on project CHHANW, presented a talk titled “Heat Action Plans in a Warming India: Shifting the Gaze to Community-centred Approaches” at the Workshop on Science and Technology: Agenda for Self-reliant India organised by Delhi Science Forum on 31 August 2024 at Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Other contributors to […]
Tracking ‘heat health’ in summer of heat wave
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Jaipur Field Visit
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Heat has health consequences, and economic ones too
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