Whilst this target will hopefully be achieved, we should not overlook the fact that an estimated 837 million people are presently living in slums and that this is expected to double within 25 years. This suggests that the total number of people living in slums by 2020 will be about 1500 million, so a reduction of 100 million is modest by any definition. It also suggests that an equal or even gr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In the United States, relatively little is known about clinical outcomes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in vulnerable populations utilizing public health systems. The primary study objectives were to describe patient characteristics, incident ESRD, and mortality in adults with nondialysis-dependent CKD receiving care in the health care safety net. DESIGN, SETTING, P...

It seems only fair that the reader know what biases, if any, inform the summary remarks I plan to make. Equity will be the focus of my discussion. By equity I mean a simple sense of fairness in the dis tribution of the primary goods and services that characterize our social order. At issue is the efficacy of a minimum level of goods and services to which we are all entitled. Some of us, rightly...

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched India’s first-of-its-kind report on the nature and dynamics of urban poverty in the country. The Report presented in 16 chapters provides a good insight on various issues of urban poverty such as basic services to urban poor, migration, urban e...