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REACT is a research consortium which aims to strengthen the responsiveness of the health workforce against health impacts of climate crisis. We are active in Nepal and Zimbabwe.

The climate crisis is impacting on people’s ability to access health care and health systems’ ability to provide services. REACT is working to strengthen health systems so they can withstand climate shocks and stresses, and the health workforce is an important part of that response and our research.

REACT is funded by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

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Latest video: Collins Timire of CeSHHAR talks about the team’s analysis of climate crisis-related policies in Zimbabwe. 

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Mount Darwin: a picture of climate crisis

The REACT team met for our 2026 annual consortium workshop in Harare. During our trip we visited Mount Darwin, one of our two study sites in Zimbabwe, to see the impact the climate crisis is having on communities and health facilities.

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A Nepali man sits speaking to a woman outside her home in the mountains

Latest News | Nepal

In this article, Prajwol Dhital, a REACT field researcher with the HERD International team in Nepal, relays the experiences of a female community health volunteer at one of our study sites. It is a story of loss, distress, economic hardship and a need for real change.
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A young Nepali man is a black puffer jacket interviews a Nepali woman behind a desk - she is a doctor

Latest News | Nepal

Dileep Prasad Harijan, a field researcher with HERD International in Nepal, describes the practical, intellectual and emotional experience of conducting face-to-face research, and the resilience and warmth of people living in communities on the frontline of the climate crisis.
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A group of 18 Zimbabwean men and women, sitting and standing and smiling for the camera

Latest News | Zimbabwe

Calvin Kunaka, PhD student in the REACT Consortium at CeSHHAR Zimbabwe, reports on his team’s protocol and ethics training with the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe
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26 Nepali men and women stand and sit in a group, smiling at the camera

Latest News | Nepal

Ashish Shrestha from HERD International reports from the training of researchers being mobilized in two study sites in Nepal.
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African and European men and women sit facing each other. A woman in yellow is talking. People stand around them listening

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Collins Timire from CeSHHAR describes his presentation at an Institute for Resilient Health Systems symposium.
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A group of Zimbabwean women stand looking down at sheets of paper in the ground. Two are carrying babies.

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Calvin Kunaka from CeSHHAR explores why research into gender, climate change, and health workforce dynamics is so sorely needed.
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