Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements

Corburn, J., Vlahov, D., Mberu, B., Riley, L., Caiaffa, W. T., Rashid, S. F., . . . Ayad, H. (2020). Slum health: Arresting COVID-19 and improving well-being in urban informal settlements. Journal of Urban Health, 97(3), 348-357. doi:10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6

Abstract

The informal settlements of the Global South are the least prepared for the pandemic of COVID-19 since basic needs such as water, toilets, sewers, drainage, waste collection, and secure and adequate housing are already in short supply or non-existent. Further, space constraints, violence, and overcrowding in slums make physical distancing and self-quarantine impractical, and the rapid spread of an infection highly likely

Keywords

Slums, Informal settlements, Equity, Coronavirus, Community health, Global health

Description

This article was published in Springer Link [ Copyright © 2020, The New York Academy of Medicine] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6 The Journal's website is at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6#rightslink

Publisher Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6#rightslink

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6

Department

BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health

Type

Journal Article

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