{"id":47814,"date":"2026-10-13T10:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47814"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:08:03","slug":"extreme-heat-puts-pregnant-women-newborns-at-risk-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/extreme-heat-puts-pregnant-women-newborns-at-risk-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme heat puts pregnant women, newborns at risk worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Extreme heat is putting pregnant women and newborn babies at increased risk around the world, raising concerns about the impact of climate change on maternal and newborn health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The issue was highlighted at a climate meeting in Fiji last week, where the United Nations climate chief warned that extreme heat is creating a new fault line in the climate crisis, with potentially serious consequences for pregnancy and childbirth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The warning comes amid growing concerns about the health risks associated with rising global temperatures, particularly for vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and newborns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A global survey commissioned by Wellcome found that 73% of healthcare professionals surveyed had observed an increase in heat-related pregnancy complications over the past five years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The findings point to growing pressure on healthcare systems to respond to the effects of extreme heat on maternal health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">High temperatures can pose additional challenges during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35015,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47814","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Extreme heat is putting pregnant women at risk","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47815,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47814\/revisions\/47815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}