Tag: lower middle income countries

Over four per cent of newborn deaths are related to high and low temperatures, driven by climate change, according to research looking at 29 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Of the four per cent, on average, 1.5 per cent of annual newborn deaths across these countries were linked to extreme heat, while nearly three per cent were linked to extreme cold, said researchers who studied the data between 2001 and 2019. Further, 32 per cent of all heat-related deaths in newborn babies over the…