Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups.
Fernandez, A. +20 more
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South Sudan Medical Journal, 2021 Studies have shown that elderly people with co-morbidities are at a higher risk of dying from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The situation is worse for the 70% of the elderly population who reside in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs) with poor access to ...
Isaac Olufadewa +4 more
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The role of the Egyptian designer in the development of slums And the development of design vocabulary for service areas as one of the most important axes of sustainable development (A case study for the Umm Bayoumi area - Umm al-Dunya Square - Qalyubia Governorate) [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm, 2022 Comprehensive urban development and the elimination of slums is the state’s strategy for years, during which it has achieved many achievements through well-thought-out plans carried out by the Slum Development Fund to make Egypt free from unsafe slums ...
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Introduction: Domestic violence (DV) is a public health problem with an estimated global prevalence of 35%. The prevalence rate of spousal domestic violence in Telangana is 36.4% which is higher than the national average of 25.3%.
Biranchi N Das +2 more
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ADVERSITIES AND COPPING MECHANISMS OF SLUM AREA RESIDENTS IN GONDAR CITY; NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA [PDF]
Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 2021 The expansion of slum areas have been one of the critical challenges manifested with the rapid urbanization of the global south countries. As one of the metropolitan cities in Ethiopia, Gondar city experienced this problem for long time.
Alemayehu Mulat Liyew
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Environmental health in slum communities : analysis of household water quality in four slum communities in the City of Bhuj, India [PDF]
, 2008 The main focus of this study is on water quality in four slum communities in the City of Bhuj, India. In order to determine key variables affecting water quality in surveyed households, the interrelation between household water quality, environmental ...
Wieland, Fiona, F. Wieland
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Razi International Medical JournalBackground: Nigeria records considerable morbidity and mortality from tetanus, predominantly in newborns and women of reproductive age group. This is largely due to poor tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine (TTCV) uptake. This study investigated the factors
Isaac Olufadewa +5 more
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Occupational Medicine, 2015 Abstract In Slum clinics Dianne Baxendine briefly explores her summer working medical clinics in an Indian slum, and the many occupational hazards that she came across.
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Smartphone-based volunteered geographic information (VGI) for slum mapping in Pokhara City of Nepal [PDF]
, 2019 Informal settlements in urban areas are increasing rapidly throughout the world and regularisation of these settlements is being one of the challenging issues. Various study results have shown that conventional cadastral based information system approach
Ranabhat, Kuber, Paudyal, Dev Raj
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Health-Seeking Behavior Regarding Coughs in Urban Slums in Lagos, Nigeria
Medicines, 2023 Background: TB is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with slum residents being disproportionately affected. This study aimed to assess health-seeking behavior among adult residents of slum communities presenting with coughs in Lagos, Nigeria ...
Victor Abiola Adepoju +2 more
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