India’s heatwaves have become a public health emergency, putting workers’ health and livelihoods at risk. Without urgent reforms, the economic impact will be felt as well.
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One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.
The unlicensed workers use what they have to combat health fears in Uganda’s top salt-producing lake. A new law is supposed to offer protections. So far, little is on the way.