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.”
The Wellcome Trust is a politically and financially independent global charitable foundation. The Wellcome Trust allows scientists and researchers to take on big problems, fuel imaginations, and spark debate, with the aim of improving health for everyone. The Our Planet, Our Health programme is a community of researchers who are taking on the challenges that food systems, increasing urbanisation and climate change pose to our health.
Founded in 1823, the Lancet family of world-class journals is committed to improving lives through medical research. With offices in London, New York, and Beijing. The Lancet publishes a weekly journal and monthly specialty journals in the fields of child & adolescent health, diabetes & endocrinology, digital health, gastroenterology & hepatology, global health, haematology, HIV, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, planetary health, psychiatry, public health, respiratory medicine, and rheumatology.
