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During hot weather, what can you do as partners, as family, as friends to make sure that mom and baby are safe in this heat? Always staying hydrated in the correct way, resting in cool, shaded, or well-ventilated areas, managing heat when working, commuting, or living in a home without air conditioning, and knowing when to seek medical advice rather than trying to manage symptoms all at home, right? D old wife.

Tales basically, right? Heat waves and premature death. Research published in 2024 found that exposure to heat waves is associated with a 26% increase in odds of preterm birth and extreme heat and perinatal mortality, rather, also involving more than 40, nearly 140,000 births across 16 hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries, found that 34% higher odds of perinatal mortality.

When extreme heat occurred in the week before childbirth. So perinatal mortality includes stillbirth and death within the 21st 24 hours after birth as well. And newborns, newborns rather, are experiencing more heat waves. And this is according to WHO, where babies under one year experienced 389% more heat wave days in 2024 compared to the period between 1986 and 2005 basically.

Period. So basically, what we're saying is that the us who were born between 1986 and let's say, yeah, 2004, like we had a best, is basically what they're saying in terms of weather conditions. And children also face growing heat exposure. And approximately 1.5 billion children worldwide are exposed to heat waves that are becoming more frequent, longer, and more severe. So this highlights the importance of protecting vulnerable children.

Groups including pregnant women, young children, and the elderly as well. And lastly, at 25 to 5, we're in conversation with Otoba Nizigalala, political analyst, about NUMSA's Central Committee and how it strips national leaders of its power. So the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa is facing a major internal leadership dispute. According to reports, the Union Central Committee has withdrawn the delegated powers and functions of its