Extreme heat increasingly disrupting child health, UNICEF warns

Published on August 14, 2024

One in five children – or 466 million –  live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared with their grandparents’ generation, according to a new UNICEF analysis released on Wednesday.

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