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A Systematised Review of the Health Impact of Urban …

(3 days ago) WEBPeer-reviewed research studies seeking to measure the association between informal settlements and health in SA and evidence on the health impact of informal settlement upgrading, were investigated (Figure 1). As the aim of the literature …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801583/

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Risks to health in informal settlements International …

(4 days ago) WEBInformal settlements (‘slums’) are widespread in cities across many low-income and middle-income countries and are now home to more than one billion people. These areas lack formal government …

https://www.iied.org/risks-health-informal-settlements

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Climate change and health in informal settlements: a …

(3 days ago) WEBResidents in informal settlements already experience ill health disproportionately compared to other urban dwellers and these inequalities will continue to be reproduced by climate change. The …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09562478221083896

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Health through human settlements: Investigating …

(7 days ago) WEB3.1.1.1. Hard factors impacting health. Regarding informal settlements characteristics that are perceived to influence health, water and sanitation were most …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197397519309427

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Informal settlements in a COVID-19 world: moving …

(6 days ago) WEBWe posit that planetary health offers an opportune framing for addressing informal settlements. Planetary health is defined as ‘the health of human civilisation …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2020.1812331

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Ill-health and poverty: a literature review on health in …

(7 days ago) WEBIn Brazilian cities, the incidence of leptospirosis is 10,000 severe cases per year (Reis et al. (2008b), page 2). A study in Salvador found that poorer residents of …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956247811398604

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Improving human and environmental health in urban …

(3 days ago) WEBUrbanisation is a major demographic trend globally. Urban informal settlements account for much urban growth, with nearly 1 billion people currently living in informal …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(18)30114-1/fulltext

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Full article: Climate change and health in urban informal …

(6 days ago) WEBPoor health conditions and housing make inhabitants of informal settlements especially vulnerable to the health effects of climate change [Citation 23]. …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16549716.2021.1908064

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Informal Settlements and Human Health: A Framework

(Just Now) WEBInformal settlements or slums dominate the urban landscape and in 2016 were the home to almost 900 million people. Global health is now slum health. The …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326399599_Informal_Settlements_and_Human_Health_A_Framework

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Global Informal Settlements and Urban Slums in Cities and

(1 days ago) WEBInformal settlements and slums are growing fast worldwide despite governments, local authorities, and international institutions efforts to curb their …

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-87794-1_1

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Informal Settlements and Human Health: A Framework

(9 days ago) WEBAbstract. Informal settlements or slums dominate the urban landscape and in 2016 were the home to almost 900 million people. Global health is now slum health. The …

https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/informal-settlements-and-human-health-a-framework

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Perceived quality of care and choice of healthcare provider in …

(4 days ago) WEBIntroduction. More than half of all people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) live in cities and, particularly in Africa, these cities are growing rapidly …

https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001281

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Vulnerability and everyday health risks of urban informal …

(7 days ago) WEBA wide range of risks from the everyday hazard to health risks are faced by the poor urban population due to living conditions. Indeed, people living in informal …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S241464472030021X

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COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink …

(Just Now) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call for city au-thorities to rethink their engagement with the people liv-ing in informal settlements. It highlights once again how …

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12939-020-01198-0.pdf

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Informal Settlements and Health - Center for Global Healthy Cities

(Just Now) WEBInformal settlements and health. Nearly a third of the world’s urban population lives in slums devoid of basic sanitation and utilities, in addition to insecure tenure, poor housing …

http://healthycities.berkeley.edu/informal-settlements-and-health.html

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Implications of Informal Settlement Upgrading Programs for …

(1 days ago) WEB"The Implications of Informal Settlement Upgrading Programs for Access to Water, Sanitation, and Public Health" published on by Oxford University Press. Most cities in …

https://oxfordre.com/publichealth/abstract/10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.001.0001/acrefore-9780190632366-e-317

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Strategies for Improving Informal Settlements - University at Buffalo

(6 days ago) WEBStrategies for Improving Informal Settlements, Issue 2 of Global Health Equity Research in Translation Series, explores how inequities in affordable shelter are propelling the …

https://www.buffalo.edu/globalhealthequity/Resources/policy-briefs/issue-2--strategies-for-improving-informal-settlements.html

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Vulnerability of informal settlements in the context of rapid

(2 days ago) WEBInformal settlements, defined as unplanned residential areas “where housing, The frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation events (A) also impair the …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956247818819694

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Informal settlements and a relational view of health in Nairobi, …

(6 days ago) WEBINTRODUCTION. Global urbanization and a lack of political responses by national and municipal governments are contributing to the persistence of urban poverty, …

https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/31/2/258/1749406

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Informal settlements are growing everywhere — here's what we do

(4 days ago) WEBUp to 41.6 million more children would be enrolled in school worldwide. A global push to improve informal settlements would have a transformative economic …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/08/informal-settlements-are-growing-heres-how-we-provide-everyone-a/

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Improving Healthcare Delivery in Informal Settlements - APHRC

(Just Now) WEBRapid urbanization in major cities in Africa, has contributed to a surge in informal settlements, also commonly referred to as slums. Although located close to urban …

https://aphrc.org/project/improving-healthcare-delivery-in-informal-settlements/

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Full article: Informal settlement and urban development discourse …

(6 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Estimates show that 1 billion people live in informal settlements across the globe, most of them located in the countries in the Global South …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00291951.2022.2113428

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South Africa Election: ANC Threatened by Apartheid’s Legacy

(Just Now) WEBMore than 86% of South Africans, many without insurance, instead use the strained public health services, which are mostly concentrated in townships and …

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-south-africa-election-racial-inequality/

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Cape Town connects 99% of informal settlements to electricity grid

(9 days ago) WEBPublished by Ilze-Mari Van Zyl on May 27, 2024. The City of Cape Town announced that 99% of older, existing informal settlements on City-owned land have …

https://www.capetownetc.com/news/cape-town-connects-99-of-informal-settlements/

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