Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements
Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements
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Corburn, Jason , Vlahov, David , Mberu, Blessing , Riley, Lee , Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira , Rashid, Sabina Faiz , Ko, Albert , Patel, Sheela , Jukur, Smurti , Martínez-Herrera, Eliana , Jayasinghe, Saroj , Agarwal, Siddharth , Nguendo-Yongsi, Blaise , Weru, Jane , Ouma, Smith , Edmundo, Katia , Oni, Tolu and Ayad, Hany
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New York: Springer US
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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-...
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Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7182092
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7182092
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1099-3460,1468-2869
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1468-2869
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10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6
