The GHHIN Southeast Asia Hub is delighted to announce that the 1st Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum will be held in Singapore at the PARKROYAL on Beach Road from 7-10 January 2025. As climate change continues to intensify the heat challenges faced by our region, it is crucial that we come together and develop collaborative efforts to safeguard lives and livelihoods.

The theme of the First GHHIN Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum is “Toward a heat resilient Southeast Asia: Enhancing livelihoods and wellbeing”. The Forum, with support from Wellcome, will serve as a pivotal platform for enhancing Southeast Asia’s regional capacity, fostering partnerships, and promoting evidence-based policies to manage extreme heat risks effectively in the region. With a specific focus on areas of urban heat, heat at work, and community, cultural & traditional perspectives, the Forum will address:

• Heat exposure from multi-sectoral perspectives
• Impacts of heat on people, health, and livelihoods
• Strategies and solutions to mitigate heat risk
• Key enablers for effective heat risk management

The Forum will accommodate up to 350 key delegates in-person and is further open to virtual participants.

About the Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub:
The GHHIN Southeast Asia Hub is a regional hub of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN), anchored at the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) at the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The mission of GHHIN Southeast Asia Hub is to advance partnership, collaboration, and advocacy within Southeast Asia to protect and prepare for the impacts of heat on human health and well-being.