All official European Union website addresses are in the europa.eu domain.
See all EU institutions and bodiesProposed actions to prepare for heat impacts include:
- timely health information and advice campaigns to warn people about the dangers of heat;
- changes to the delivery of health services to protect older people;
- telehealth to reduce the need to visit doctors and pharmacies during hot summer weather;
- regular home visits by health-care workers to older people to prevent heat-related conditions from becoming life-threatening;
- meteorological early-warning systems;
- integrated and systemized preventive actions in heat–health action plan (HHAPs).
The whole story can be read at the WHO/Europe website.
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