Urban peripheries in many developing country cities lack basic local public goods like pavement, water, sewerage and electricity. This is the first paper to obtain welfare impacts of slum infrastructure upgrading using an experimental design. Specifically, the paper reports results from an experiment in urban road pavement provision in Mexico. The results suggest that households living in stree...

Acute respiratory tract infections in young children take a heavy toll on life among urban slum dwellers and where medical care is not available or sought. The effective way to reduce deaths from ARI is early and prompts treatment as well as health education. The urban slum population is more vulnerable to health risk as they face many risk factors like living condition, sanitation, health care...

Rates of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) are higher in urban slums than other types human settlements. Although the mitigation both and IPVAW fall under UN's Sustainable Development Goals, there is a paucity work addressing interconnection between two. Using survey interview data, this study examined how environment Nairobi slum catalyzes IPVAW, elucidating environment, economic...

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis has emerged as an urban health problem as slum settlements have rapidly spread worldwide and created conditions for rat-borne transmission. Prospective studies have not been performed to determine the disease burden, identify risk factors for infection and provide information needed to guide interventions in these marginalized communities. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDIN...

BACKGROUND Urban slum populations in Africa continue to grow faster than national populations. Health strategies that focus on non-communicable diseases (NCD) in this segment of the population are generally lacking. We determined the prevalence of diabetes and associated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors correlates in Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum. METHODS We conducted a population-b...

PROBLEM There is ongoing concern that governments at many levels are not devoting enough attention and resources to sanita tion services, particularly when compared to spending on water supply and other infrastructure services. Additionally, existing sanitation investments and service provision are not often pro-poor. Efforts to increase access to sanitation infrastructure often benefit better-...

Informal urban settlements, known as slums, are the home for a Background: large proportion of the world population. Healthcare in these environments is extremely complex, driven by poverty, environmental challenges, and poor access to formal health infrastructures. This study investigated healthcare challenges faced and choices made by slum dwellers in Mumbai, India. Structured interviews with...

the urban squatter settlements is an urban phenomenon which is formed and developed by uncontrolled and irregular urbanization growth in the world and in iran as well and also by migration from the villages towards the cities. urban squatter settlements, as an unbalancing factor in the urban physical equilibrium, is a sign of irregular growth in the cities and the regions and many of the urbani...

Informal urban settlements, known as slums, are the home for a Background: large proportion of the world population. Healthcare in these environments is extremely complex, driven by poverty, environmental challenges, and poor access to formal health infrastructures. This study investigated healthcare challenges faced and choices made by slum dwellers in Mumbai, India. Structured interviews with...

Informal urban settlements, known as slums, are the home for a Background: large proportion of the world population. Healthcare in these environments is extremely complex, driven by poverty, environmental challenges, and poor access to formal health infrastructures. This study investigated healthcare challenges faced and choices made by slum dwellers in Mumbai, India. Structured interviews with...