{"id":14882,"date":"2025-10-03T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/?post_type=project&#038;p=14882"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T00:16:13","slug":"heatscape-africa","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/project\/heatscape-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"HEATSCAPE-Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heat Exposure, Sleep, Cognition and MentAl Health: Mechanisms of Climate Change ImPacts on VulnErable Groups in Two Sub-Saharan Africa Countries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>HEATSCAPE-Africa seeks to understand how the impact of heat exposure on depression and anxiety is due to sleep and cognitive functioning, in Ghana (lower middle-income) and Zimbabwe (other low-income). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current evidence suggests that heat exposure disrupts sleep and impairs cognitive function\u2014both of which are essential for mental health. However, research in low- and middle-income countries has been scarce, despite these populations being particularly vulnerable to climate-induced heat stress. 15% and 60% of primary healthcare attendees in Ghana and Zimbabwe respectively report depression symptoms. In both countries there is limited understanding of the mental health needs of vulnerable populations such as adolescents, women of reproductive age, and older adults. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will focus on three key themes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a) contextual understanding of heat and mental health; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>b) methodological advances to identify causal mechanisms through a two-year prospective cohort study; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>c) community\/health system readiness. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has four deliverables: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>empirically-informed framework on mechanisms of heat exposure on depression\/anxiety; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a core mediator\/moderator set for use in heat-mental health studies in LMICs; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a community and health system readiness package of care; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and a cohort of young researchers with lived experience. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1. Helen Weiss (Co-Investigator - LSHTM);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2. Seyi Soremekun (Co-Investigator - LSHTM);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3. Newton Matandirotya (Co-Investigator - Zimbabwe);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4. Raymond Aborigo (Co-Investigator - Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5. Kenneth Ae-Ngibise (Co-Investigator - Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6. Dzifa Atta (Co-Investigator - University of Ghana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7. Kenneth Adde (Project manager - Ghana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8. Peter Badimak Yaro (BasicNeeds - Ghana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9. Maxwell Sapak (Lived Experience Expert - Ghana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10. Tonderai Dangare (Environmental Analyst - Zimbabwe)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11. Nilanjana Ganguli (Program manager \u2013 快播视频)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12. Godfred Boateng (Co-Investigator \u2013 快播视频)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13. Benedict Weobong (Project lead \u2013 快播视频)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Supported by&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wellcome.org\/\">Wellcome Trust<\/a>, HEATSCAPE-Africa is a partnership based on expertise from Ghana (<a href=\"https:\/\/navrongo-hrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Navrongo Health Research Centre<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/kintampo-hrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kintampo Health Research Centre<\/a>), Zimbabwe (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/kgotsodevelopmenttrust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kgotso Development Trust<\/a>), United Kingdom (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine<\/a>), and Canada (快播视频 &amp; Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2020\/11\/wellcome-logo-black.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2020\/11\/wellcome-logo-black.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2020\/11\/wellcome-logo-black-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2025\/10\/Heatscape_team-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2025\/10\/Heatscape_team-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2025\/10\/Heatscape_team-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2025\/10\/Heatscape_team-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2025\/10\/Heatscape_team-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":14937,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[20],"research-theme":[17],"stage":[44],"relationship":[],"class_list":["post-14882","project","type-project","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-project","research-theme-planetary-health","stage-active"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HEATSCAPE-Africa - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/project\/heatscape-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HEATSCAPE-Africa - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heat Exposure, Sleep, Cognition and MentAl Health: Mechanisms of Climate Change ImPacts on VulnErable Groups in Two Sub-Saharan Africa Countries HEATSCAPE-Africa seeks to understand how the impact of heat exposure on depression and anxiety is due to sleep and cognitive functioning, in Ghana (lower middle-income) and Zimbabwe (other low-income). 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