Summary

Since 2017, the Urban Health Collaborative has collaborated with research institutions and policy partners across Latin America to study the ways that urban environments and policies affect health in Latin American cities.

Learn more about the first phase of the Salud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) Project here: SALURBAL 2017-2023

In late 2023, SALURBAL was awarded renewed funding from the Wellcome Trust to address a critical need for evidence linking climate change to health impacts across Latin America.

Faculty, students, and staff at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health and from partner institutions across Latin America and the United States work together to explore the impacts of specific climate related exposures including extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, and air pollution on health and health inequities in Latin America.

SALURBAL-Climate builds upon the unprecedented data resource developed by SALURBAL for 371 cities. Visit the SALURBAL Data Portal to explore available indicators related to urban features, climate exposures, and health outcomes at city, neighborhood, and individual levels.

Project Aims

Aim 1: Generate locally relevant evidence on climate change health and equity impacts.

Aim 2: Document health and equity impacts of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Aim 3: Support field building and capacity strengthening in policy-relevant research.

Aim 4: Support policy action and advocacy for responding to climate change health impacts.

Institutional Partners

• University of California at Berkeley, USA
• University of Los Andes, Colombia
• University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
• Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala
• Cayetano Heredia University, Peru
• University of Chile, Chile
• Catholic University of Chile, Chile
• National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
• National University of Lanus, Argentina

Learn More

Visit the SALURBAL website

The UHC has more research on climate change and health happening at the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center.