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

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dc.contributor.authorCorburn, Jason
dc.contributor.authorVlahov, David
dc.contributor.authorMberu, Blessing
dc.contributor.authorRiley, Lee
dc.contributor.authorCaiaffa, Waleska Teixeira
dc.contributor.authorRashid, Sabina Faiz
dc.contributor.authorKo, Albert
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Sheela
dc.contributor.authorJukur, Smurti
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Herrera, Eliana
dc.contributor.authorJayasinghe, Saroj
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Siddharth
dc.contributor.authorNguendo-Yongsi, Blaise
dc.contributor.authorWeru, Jane
dc.contributor.authorOuma, Smith
dc.contributor.authorEdmundo, Katia
dc.contributor.authorOni, Tolu
dc.contributor.authorAyadv, Hany
dc.contributor.departmentBRAC James P Grant School of Public Health
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-12T05:36:18Z
dc.date.available2022-04-12T05:36:18Z
dc.date.copyright2020
dc.date.issued4/24/2020
dc.descriptionThis 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#rightslinken_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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 likelyen_US
dc.description.versionPublished
dc.identifier.citationCorburn, 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/s11524-020-00438-6en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/16538
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Linken_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Urban Health
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6#rightslink
dc.subjectSlumsen_US
dc.subjectInformal settlementsen_US
dc.subjectEquityen_US
dc.subjectCoronavirusen_US
dc.subjectCommunity healthen_US
dc.subjectGlobal healthen_US
dc.titleSlum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlementsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US

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