The Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health (REACH) advances research on the links between climate change and public health across South and Southeast Asia—generating evidence and supporting regional partnerships to help communities respond to climate-related risks.
We invite proposals that strengthen climate and health resilience where it is needed most.
Support for local, culturally grounded interventions to protect vulnerable populations from the growing impacts of heat and climate disasters.
Advancing resilient, climate-informed primary healthcare through practical tools and capacity building.
Our call prioritises solutions that are co-designed with communities, sensitive to equity, gender, and scalable across the region. Projects will generate actionable knowledge, strengthen health systems, and protect lives in a rapidly changing climate.
REACH serves as a regional hub dedicated to advancing equity-focused research at the intersection of climate change and health. Through strategic collaboration, research funding, and policy engagement, it supports the development of climate-resilient health systems and prioritises the needs of vulnerable communities.
REACH Hub's funding priorities and research themes. It provides guidance for applicants, highlighting current funding calls and the focus on integrated approaches to community-based climate adaptation and health system strengthening.
A collection of key publications, toolkits, frameworks, and reference materials that support researchers, partners, and stakeholders in climate and health initiatives.
An overview of research projects funded under the REACH Hub, showcasing initiatives that are co-developed with collaborators and communities to address pressing climate-health challenges across the region.
Air pollution from fossil fuels linked to over 22,500 premature deaths and an economic loss of 5% of Malaysia’s GDP, Lancet Countdown report finds
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Asia’s first climate-health hub invites regional research.
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Last week’s CHEERS-SEA meeting (Climate Change and Health Evaluation and Response System - South East Asia) brought together HDSS (Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems) sites and researchers from Vietnam, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and beyond to advance climate-health research across the region.
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The university recently hosted the Advancing Research for Climate and Health (ARCH) Award Ceremony 2025 on 24 June 2025. The event brought together representatives from five regional hubs to reaffirm global partnerships in tackling challenges regarding climate change and public health.
Read MoreREACH serves as the Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health, focusing on exploring climate-health interconnections and developing integrated solutions for climate-resilient communities and public health systems in South and Southeast Asia.
We welcome collaborations with researchers, policymakers, healthcare professionals, and organisations working at the intersection of climate change and health. All submissions have now been received.
REACH Hub primarily focuses on South and Southeast Asia, working to
address the unique climate-health challenges faced by communities in
these regions. Our initiatives span multiple countries and aim to
build regional capacity for climate-resilient health systems.
South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
REACH Hub supports a variety of projects including research on climate-health connections, development of practical tools for climate-resilient healthcare, capacity building programs for healthcare professionals, policy advocacy, and community-based adaptation initiatives.