{"id":3607,"date":"2026-04-22T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/?page_id=3607"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:06:00","slug":"cambio-climatico-y-salud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/cambio-climatico-y-salud\/","title":{"rendered":"CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3607\" class=\"elementor elementor-3607\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9823b4e e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9823b4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87cc6bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87cc6bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Climate Change and Health<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cfa3b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-breadcrumbs-pro\" data-id=\"4cfa3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-breadcrumbs-pro.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-post-breadcrumbs\"><ul class=\"wpr-breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\">CEGSS<\/a><\/li><li>\/<\/li><li>CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378feb7 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"378feb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n  Climate Change and <span style=\"color: #FF4D4D\">Health:<\/span>\n<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413ddbb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"413ddbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d880c70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d880c70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-23-at-3.54.45-PM-1024x684.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4295\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-23-at-3.54.45-PM-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-23-at-3.54.45-PM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-23-at-3.54.45-PM-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-23-at-3.54.45-PM-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-23-at-3.54.45-PM.jpeg 1534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b685b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79b685b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ca931 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ca931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"509\">\n<\/p><p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"509\"><br><\/p><p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"509\"><br><\/p><p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"509\">Guatemala is one of the countries that suffer the greatest negative effects due to extreme weather phenomena that alternate between severe storms and heat waves. These effects are most prevalent in the north and east of the country. In the north, the Q'eqchi\u2019 communities of Alta Verapaz and the Zona Reina del Quich\u00e9 are among the most affected and at the same time receive limited support from public institutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"1260\">Through participatory action-research processes, CEGSS together with REDC-SALUD, the affected communities and the support of external partners have been documenting the effects of extreme weather events on food insecurity, exacerbation of poverty, low availability and use of preventive and curative health services. At the same time, gaps have been documented in the implementation of the national emergency response policy and, consequently, the limited attention received by affected communities. As part of the actions for improvement, the communities themselves have defined their priorities and are currently presenting them to the authorities at the municipal, departmental and national levels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-688414a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"688414a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca19f5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ca19f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e91315b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e91315b\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Change and Health CEGSS \/ CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH Climate Change and Health: Guatemala is one of the countries that suffer the greatest negative effects due to extreme weather phenomena that alternate between severe storms and heat waves. These effects are most prevalent in the north and east of the country. In the north, the Q'eqchi\u2019 communities of Alta Verapaz and the Zona Reina del Quich\u00e9 are among the most affected and at the same time receive limited support from public institutions. Through participatory action-research processes, CEGSS together with REDC-SALUD, the affected communities and the support of external partners have been documenting the effects of extreme weather events on food insecurity, exacerbation of poverty, reduced availability and use of preventive and curative health services. At the same time, gaps have been documented in the implementation of the national emergency response policy and, consequently, the limited attention received by affected communities. As part of the actions for improvement, the communities themselves have defined their priorities and are currently presenting them to the authorities at the municipal, departmental and national levels.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3607"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4566,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3607\/revisions\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}