The Lancet Countdown works to ensure that health is at the centre of how decision makers understand and respond to climate change. Through high-quality scientific data which is regionally relevant, we work to inform policies that can maximise the health benefits of climate action, and enable a world in which all people can thrive.
Our Background
The Latin America centre launched in 2020, bringing together health professionals, scientists and researchers to track how climate change is affecting health across the region, how countries are responding, and the health benefits of accelerated climate action for health.
Publishing annually in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, the Lancet Countdown Latin America is hosted by Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, and works with more than 30 leading researchers from across the region to understand the evolving links between climate change and peoples’ health.
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leading experts
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regional indicators
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collaborating institutions
Director, Lancet Countdown Latin America
“The Lancet Countdown Latin America seeks to provide evidence to inform decision-making with the purpose of improving the health and wellbeing of people in Latin America and beyond, and reducing social inequities through climate actions focusing on health.”
Wellcome is a financially and politically independent global charitable foundation established in 1936. It supports discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and brings together expertise across science, innovation and society to develop solutions to address three of the biggest health challenges facing humanity – climate change, infectious disease and mental health. Its Climate and Health programme seeks to generate the health evidence for policy action that protects health from climate change.
The Lancet began as an independent, international weekly general medical journal founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley. Since its first issue (Oct 5, 1823), the journal has strived to make science widely available so that medicine can serve and transform society, and positively impact the lives of people. Over the past two centuries, The Lancet has sought to address urgent topics in our society, initiate debate, put science into context, and influence decision makers around the world. The Lancet has evolved as a portfolio of journals and retains at its core the belief that medicine must serve society, that knowledge must transform society, that the best science must lead to better lives.
