Last October, at the XXX Congress of Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine SENEO/SEEN, held from October 22 to 24, 2025, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, preliminary results from the project Viure l’embaràs a Barcelona: dones i persones gestants davant l’emergència climàtica (Living Pregnancy in Barcelona: Women and Pregnant People Facing the Climate Emergency) were presented. This project, funded by the Barcelona City Council, has been developed by the AFIN Group in collaboration with Hospital Sant Pau, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Hospital del Mar.
The presentation, titled “Living Pregnancy and Lactation: Pregnant and Lactating Women Facing the Climate Emergency”, in poster format, was prepared by Montserrat Fàbregas Mitjans, Helena Montasell i Punsola, Ana Cerezuela González, and Carolina Remorini. It presented the results of the qualitative phase of the project, focusing particularly on the accessibility and adequacy of information about care during pregnancy and early childhood, in relation to exposure to pollutants and the effects of heat waves, as well as the specific challenges that the city of Barcelona presents in this area.
The presentation highlighted the need for healthcare institutions to design and communicate prevention and health promotion strategies that incorporate the social and collective dimensions of health, avoiding an approach focused solely on individual responsibility. It was also emphasized that messages and interventions should take into account women’s broader concerns about their reproductive futures and the everyday limitations they face in child-rearing and motherhood in urban environments.