Heat Stress Poses Health Risks for Newborns in Tamale, Ghana

Heat Stress and Health Risks: Caring for Newborns in Tamale’s Rising Heat

A mother of two retreating from a Climate change is turning homes in Tamale into hazardous "heat traps." In communities like Duko, traditional thatch housing which naturally balances temperature, is being replaced by zinc roofed structures with no ceilings and poor ventilation.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo