Climate change, hygiene, and health: A research roadmap for climate adaptation

Jessica Gerard; Lauren D’Mello-Guyett; Jane Falconer; Camille Heylen; Sari Kovats; Robert Dreibelbis

doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000907

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Climate change, hygiene, and health: A research roadmap for climate adaptation

Jessica Gerard ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶☯ These authors contributed equally as first author.

Affiliations Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Climate Change and Planetary Health, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9395-3903

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Lauren D’Mello-Guyett ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lauren.dmello-guyett@lshtm.ac.uk

¶☯ These authors contributed equally as first author.

Affiliations Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Climate Change and Planetary Health, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-1737

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Jane Falconer,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Library, Archive & Open Research Services, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7329-0577

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Camille Heylen,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Independent Consultant, Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-6373

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Sari Kovats,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Climate Change and Health Security, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Robert Dreibelbis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9716-0419

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Climate change, hygiene, and health: A research roadmap for climate adaptation

Jessica Gerard,
Lauren D’Mello-Guyett,
Jane Falconer,
Camille Heylen,
Sari Kovats,
Robert Dreibelbis

Published: May 11, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000907

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