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Unger A, Riley LW, Slum Health: From Understanding to Action, 2007, Vol: 4, No: 10, e295.

by admin | May 26, 2017 | Articles

This paper explains the challenges to achieve good health and health care in urban slums and suggest actions to be taken to overcome this challenges

Singh M, Husan Z, Self-fulfilling Equilibrium and Social Disparities in Urban India, 2016, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol: 51, No: 48.

by admin | May 26, 2017 | Articles

Using NSSO data from the 68th round, this study explain how the synergistic interaction between the labour market and educational decisions may result in a self-fulfilling equilibrium where disadvantaged communities start conforming to society’s image of their...

Karn SK, Shikura S, Harada H, Living Environment and Health of Urban Poor: A Study in Mumbai, 2013, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol: 38, No: 4.

by admin | May 26, 2017 | Articles

Using data from 1,070 households in four poor settlements in Mumbai, this paper presents situation of living environment and health condition in four urban poor settlements in Mumbai

Kikuti M, Cunha GM, Paploski IAD, Kasper AM, Silva MMO, Tavares AS, Cruz JS, Queiroz TL, Rodrigues MS, Santana PM, Lima HCAV, Calcagno J, Takahashi D, Gonçalves AHO, Araújo JMG, Gauthier K, Diuk-Wasser MA, Kitron U, Ko AI, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Spatial Distribution of Dengue in a Brazalian Urban Slum Setting: Role of Socioeconomic Gradient in Disease Risk, 2015, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol: 9, No: 7, e0003937.

by admin | May 26, 2017 | Articles

This study aims to understand the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics and the spatial distribution of dengue in urban slum community of Salvador, Brazil and highlights that there is large burden of dengue in poor urban slums and within slum communities...

UN Habitat, WHO, Hidden Cities: Unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings,2010, UN-Habitat head office in Nairobi, Kenya and the World Health Organization.

by admin | May 12, 2017 | Articles

WHO and UN-HABITAT presents the extent to which certain city dwellers suffer disproportionately from a wide range of diseases and health problems and also provides information and tools to help governments and local leaders reduce health inequities in their...

Unger A, Riley LW, Slum Health: From Understanding to Action, 2007, Vol: 4, No: 10, e295.

Singh M, Husan Z, Self-fulfilling Equilibrium and Social Disparities in Urban India, 2016, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol: 51, No: 48.

Karn SK, Shikura S, Harada H, Living Environment and Health of Urban Poor: A Study in Mumbai, 2013, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol: 38, No: 4.

UN Habitat, WHO, Hidden Cities: Unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings,2010, UN-Habitat head office in Nairobi, Kenya and the World Health Organization.

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