Mitigating Climate Change Effects on Maternal and Prenatal Health in Nigeria

Adebanke L. Adebayo

A chapter in The Nature, Causes, Effects and Mitigation of Climate Change on the Environment from IntechOpen

Abstract: Generally, women and children have been considered at-risk populations, especially pregnant women, and their unborn babies. In the past decade, there has been overwhelming evidence linking climate change--extreme heat and air pollution--to adverse pregnancy, reproductive, and overall maternal health outcomes across the globe. This formative report highlights the effects of climate change. Using autoethnography and an adapted Delphi method--the combination of the different expert opinions--this report makes contextualized recommendations for women to mitigate the effects of climate change on maternal health outcomes in Nigeria.

Keywords: climate change; maternal health; prenatal health; heat wave; air pollution; flood; preterm birth; low birth weight; stillbirth; preeclampsia; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.101267

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