Frontiers | A systematic review investigating emerging trends between Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) and infectious disease outbreaks in South Africa IntroductionExtreme weather events (EWEs) are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change, exacerbating health risks, particularly for vulner...

Our WEATHER Systematic Review article is out today!
Front. Public Health, 16 March 2026

Volume 14 - 2026 | doi.org/10.3389/fpub...

A systematic review investigating emerging trends between Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) and infectious disease outbreaks in South Africa

Join our Faculty for a webinar with Cathy Sutherland (University of KwaZulu-Natal) on community-based flood early warning systems & urban climate resilience.

🗓 10 March 2026
⏰ 10:30–11:30 GMT
💻 Online (Teams)

🔗https://tinyurl.com/WeatherClimateWebinar

@weatherprojectnihr.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the first of the WEATHER Project Webinars. 10:30-11:30 GMT - Next Tuesday 10th March 2026. Professor Cathy Sutherland from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal will be discussing 'Community-based flood early warning systems as urban reform coalitions: Learning from Durban.'

Frontiers | A systematic review investigating emerging trends between Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) and infectious disease outbreaks in South Africa Extreme weather events (EWEs) are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change, exacerbating health risks, particularly for vulnerable populat...

Watch this space... The WEATHER Project Systematic Review will be published soon in Frontiers in Public Health (Dickinson et al., 2026).........

You can get notified when by clicking on this Frontiers in Public Health link www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

🌍 Excited to share our new mixed methods study protocol for the WEATHER Project! We're developing a Warning System for Extreme Weather Events to support equitable healthcare delivery and resilience. Multidisciplinary, global, impactful #ClimateHealth #Resilience #Equity www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/13...

ICIC26 will be in Birmingham, UK. 13-15 April 2026.

Thank you to all who attended my oral presentation at the International Conference on Integrated Care yesterday. If you would like a copy of the poster I can email one to you (as the presentation was oral, my poster didn't make it onto the conference app). Contact me on llinosspencer@rcsi.ie

The WEATHER project is presenting today at the International Conference on Integrated Care 2025 today in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr Llinos Spencer hopes to see you there! Please come and say hi!

Our WEATHER Project Systematic Review is now available for you to read on the pre-print server MedRxiv

Dickinson et al (2025) www.medrxiv.org/content/medr...

Launch of the WEATHER project- 5 February 2025 YouTube video by University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

To find out more about the NIHR WEATHER Project, please watch this short video youtu.be/LQ9QMrF78h8
The Project was officially launched 05/02/2025 in Durban, South Africa #UKZN #RCSI #UWS #StrathclydeUni #PortsmouthUni #MaryLynch #SaloshniNaidoo

WEATHER Project poster presented today at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Conference 2025 in Dublin. #RCSI #UKZN #UWS #Portsmouth #Strathclyde #MaryLynch #LlinosHafSpencer

Hello everyone! We wanted to let you know about the WEATHER Project. The WEATHER Project funded by the NIHR was launched in early February 2025 and is a collaboration between five universities worldwide. Read more in this media link: www.citizen.co.za/south-coast-...