From Saline Threat to Safer Motherhood: Action Research Lighting the Path for Coastal Resilience

In Bangladesh’s coastal communities, a silent crisis brews alongside rising seas: increasing salinity contaminating drinking water, posing a severe threat to maternal health. Climate change isn't just eroding shores, it's undermining the well-being of mothers at their most vulnerable. Despite growing evidence linking high salinity in drinking water to hypertension, pre-eclampsia, and poor pregnancy outcomes, little research had been done to understand the true extent of the impact until now.