Coping with extreme heat in primary maternity care: An ethnography of frontline health workers in rural Zimbabwe

HIGH Horizons Study Group; Fortunate Machingura; Tariro Chinozvina; Stanley Luchters; Brian Sibanda; Calvin Kunaka; Leslie Nyoni; Bongani Mutimutema; Elizabeth Dangaiso; Jetina Tsvaki; Thabani Muronzie; Concilia Mutasa; Madonna Mlambo; Samson Chikura; Progress Chiworeka; Llyod Pisa; Tatenda Makanga; George Mapiye; Cremance Tshuma; Isabelle Lange; Nasser Fardousi; Matthew Chersich; Veronique Filippi

doi:10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100718

Coping with extreme heat in primary maternity care: An ethnography of frontline health workers in rural Zimbabwe

HIGH Horizons Study Group
, Fortunate Machingura
, Tariro Chinozvina
, Stanley Luchters
, Brian Sibanda
, Calvin Kunaka
, Leslie Nyoni
, Bongani Mutimutema
, Elizabeth Dangaiso
, Jetina Tsvaki
, Thabani Muronzie
, Concilia Mutasa
, Madonna Mlambo
, Samson Chikura
, Progress Chiworeka
, Llyod Pisa
, Tatenda Makanga
, George Mapiye
, Cremance Tshuma
, Isabelle Lange

Nasser Fardousi, Matthew Chersich, Veronique Filippi

International Public Health

Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research
Ghent University
Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Trinity College Dublin
Wits Planetary Health Research

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Original language	English
Article number	100718
Journal	SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
Volume	9
Issue number	100718
Early online date	17 Feb 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100718 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100718
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2026

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

extreme heat
maternity care
climate adaptation
Climate Change
health workers
ethnography
LMICs
Heat adaptation

Themes

Climate Health
Community Health and Resilient Health Systems

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HIGH Horizons Study Group, Machingura, F., Chinozvina, T., Luchters, S., Sibanda, B., Kunaka, C., Nyoni, L., Mutimutema, B., Dangaiso, E., Tsvaki, J., Muronzie, T., Mutasa, C., Mlambo, M., Chikura, S., Chiworeka, P., Pisa, L., Makanga, T., Mapiye, G., Tshuma, C., ... Filippi, V. (2026). Coping with extreme heat in primary maternity care: An ethnography of frontline health workers in rural Zimbabwe. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 9(100718), Article 100718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100718, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100718

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